History and Memory in Contemporary English, Irish and Commonwealth Fiction

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Course ID:	3301-LB2024
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.203 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	History and Memory in Contemporary English, Irish and Commonwealth Fiction
Name in Polish:	Historia i pamięć we współczesnej literaturze Wielkiej Brytanii, Irlandii i Wspólnoty Narodów
Organizational unit:	Institute of English Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fakultatywne przedmioty dla studiów dziennych z literatury brytyjskiej
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	Course for MA level students. The aim of this course is to offer students insight into literary representations of history and memory on the example of selected novels written by authors from England, Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, India.
Full description:	Course for MA level students. This course proposes to analyse the persistence of history in the national consciousness as reflected in novels by contemporary British, Irish and postcolonial authors. Topics to be discussed include: individual versus collective memory, memory and myth, history in the making, history versus histories, textualisation of history - analysis of narrative strategies. The aim of this course is to offer students insight into literary representations of history and memory on the example of selected novels written by authors from England, Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, India.
Bibliography:	Suggested authors: Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Graham Swift, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Ondaatje, David Malouf, Seamus Deane, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipual, J.M. Coetzee.
Learning outcomes:	In class discussions students acquire skills of expressing their thoughts in a clear, coherent, logical and precise manner, with the use of language which is correct grammatically, lexically and phonetically. Knowledge: - student learns about/ has the opportunity to analyze the most important trends in English-language literary theory, cultural theory and linguistics; - student extends his/her knowledge of the terminology used in literary studies - student acquires the knowledge of the methodologies of literary studies, especially in the Anglo-American context Competence: - applies the methodologies of literary studies - presents his/her knowledge clearly and logically in written and oral forms - acquires the awareness of cultural symbols and their role in the understanding of the products of culture such as literature, popular culture, visual arts Social competence - expresses his/her ideas in a coherent, lucid, logical and concrete way in order to develop meaningful relations with others - understands the character of dilemmas, problems and conflicts and seeks the best ways of solving them - demonstrates tolerance towards otherness, respects different kinds of cultural behavior and differing individual outlooks Education at language level B2+.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	20% of absences is allowed. Final grade on the basis of an academic essay. Retake on the basis of a revised version of the academic essay.

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