3. semester,
Engelsk
Tekst- og
litteraturhistorie i de
engelsksprogede lande
Jens Kirk
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| Sessions |
Themes |
Texts |
Texts to compare
with(and which you've already read!!!) |
| One
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Introduction: On
(con)texts |
William Wordsworth,
"Expostulation and Reply"; "The
Tables Turned". In: Nael7th2.
Andrew Bennett and Nicolas Royle, "History"
(master copy)
Slides |
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| Two |
Idealism British Romanticism |
William
Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a
Cloud" (1807). In: Nael7th2,
305-306.
"The Romantic Period
(1785-1830): Introduction." In:
Nael7th2, 1-23.
William Wordsworth,
"Preface to Lyrical Ballads"
(1802). In: Nael7th2, 262-273. Andrew Bennett and Nicolas Royle, "History"
(master copy).
Slides |
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| Three |
Realism The Victorian Age |
Thomas Hardy, "Hap"
(1866). In: Nael7th2,
1852-1868.
Thomas Hardy, "The Darkling
Thrush" (1900). In: Nael7th2,
1852-1868.
Thomas Hardy, "On
the Western Circuit" (1891). In:
Nael7th2, 1852-1868.
"The Victorian Age
(1830-1901): Introduction." In:
Nael7th2, 979-1000.
Slides
Gilbert and Sullivan,
"If You're Anxious for to Shine..." |
R. L.
Stevenson, Travels With a Donkey
(extracts, electronic book, pp. 8-48)
Mark Twain,
Innocents Abroad (extracts,
master copy)
Sarah Orne Jewett, "A
White Heron" (Naal6thC)
Susan Glaspell, Trifles
(Naal6thD)
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| Four |
American Naturalism
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Stephen Crane, "The
Open Boat" (1897). In: Naal6thC,
903-919. "American Literature
1865-1914". In: Naal6thC, 1-16.
Slides |
Jack London, "The Law of Life"
(Naal6thC)
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| Get your
test assignment (øvelsesopgave)
here.
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| Five |
Modernism |
T.S. Eliot,
"Tradition and the Individual
Talent" (1920). In: Naal6thD,
1425-28; or: Nael7th2, 2319-25.
W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"
(1920). In Nael7th2, 2036.
Blast (1914). In: Nael7th2,
2009-2015.
Virginia Woolf, "The Mark on the
Wall" (1921). In: Nael7th2,
2082-2087.
Take a look at
this painting by Picasso
Take a look at
this ballet and to the music by
Stravinsky. Contrast with
this by Bournonville.
Slides |
James Joyce, "The Dead"
(Nael7th2)
LeRoi Jones, Dutchman (Naal6thE)
Harold Pinter,
The Dumb Waiter (Nael7th2)
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| Six |
Postmodernism |
Donald Barthelme, "The
Balloon" (1968): In: Naal6thE,
2248-2251.
http://www.eskimo.com/~jessamyn/barth/
Angela Carter, "The Bloody Chamber"
(master copy. AVAILABLE NOW on
course shelf outside room 2.128)
Slides
An interview with Damien Hirst. |
Richard Holmes, "In
Stevenson's Footsteps" (master
copy)
Sylvia Plath, "Daddy",
"Lady Lazarus"Phillip Larkin,
"This Be the Verse," "High
Windows," "Aubade" (Nael7th2)
Daniel Chandler,
"Intertextuality"
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| Seven |
Postmodernism /
metafiction |
David Lodge,
"Hotel des Boobs" (master copy)
Thomas Pynchon, "Entropy" (1984)
In: Naal6thE, 2357-2367.
Slides |
Richard Holmes, "In
Stevenson's Footsteps" (master
copy) |
| Eight |
Postcolonialism |
"Nation and Language".
In Nael7th2, 2461-2462. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o,
Decolonising the Mind (extracts)
(1986). In Nael7th2, 2535-2539.
Salman Rushdie, "English Is an
Indian Literary Language" (1983). In
Nael7th2, 2540-2541.
John Agard, "Listen Mr Oxford Don".
In Nael7th2, 2542-43.
Salman Rushdie, "The Prophet's Hair"
(1981). In Nael7th, 2854-2863.
Here's
a useful website on poco
Slides
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Toni
Morrison, "Recitatif"
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EXAM
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Get your assignment
topics for your "bunden skriftlig
hjemmeopgave" here!
Coming November 11! |
Check out a
few dos and don'ts Check out
last
year's exam questions |
| TEXTS |
Naal6thC
Naal6thD
Naal6thE
Nael7th2
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The Norton
Anthology of American Literature,
Sixth Edition, Volume C
The Norton Anthology of
American Literature, Sixth
Edition, Volume D
The Norton Anthology of
American Literature, Sixth
Edition, Volume E
The Norton Anthology of
English Literature, Seventh
Edition, Volume 2 |
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http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal/
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