General description

The purpose of NAM-3 is to give a snapshot of North American literature by introducing students to some selected pieces of literature.

Learning outcomes

The purpose of NAM-3 is to give a snapshot of North American literature by introducing students to some selected pieces of literature.

Contents

Students are advised to complete this requirement by attending courses that are marked in the teaching program to fulfill the requirements of NAM-3.

If the students are not able to take a lecture course or a seminar, they can read selected literature from the list and write an essay on the literature. The essays should be arranged with the responsible teacher. If a student has already read the literature in the lists, they can ask for alternative literature from the responsible teacher.

Teaching methods

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Lectures

Courses taught by the Deparments of English Philology or Comparative Literature listed in the North American Studies teaching schedule.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

Choose reading list 1 or 2

 

Reading List 1:

Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush
Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
Richard Wright: Native Son
Louise Erdrich: Love Medicine

List 2:

Margaret Laurence: The Stone Angel
M. Ondaatje: In the Skin of a Lion
Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn
J. Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Toni Morrison: Playing in the Dark

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