Curricula 2011 – 2012
Learning outcomes
The students will familiarize themselves with selected pieces of North American literature.
Contents
North American literature
Modes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
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
Belongs to following study modules
2014–2015
