The students will familiarize themselves with selected pieces of North American literature.
Contents
North American literature
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Essay
In
English
Students will write essays based on the listed books. The topics of the essays will be arranged by the teacher responsible.
N.B. Students who have completed a course on American Literature (American literature I or II) in English Philology may gain 5 ECTS by alternative arrangements. Please contact the program coordinator. American literature I or II will also substitute for NAM-IVa if the student opts to use it for North American Studies.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Choose list 1) or 2)
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