BA Seminar: American Literature and Sociocultural Change

General data

Course ID:	4219-ZS027
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 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. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	BA Seminar: American Literature and Sociocultural Change
Name in Polish:	BA Seminar: American Literature and Sociocultural Change
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 3rd year BA Seminars
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:	B.Sc. seminars obligatory courses
Short description:	The seminar equips the students with research and thesis invention/argumentation skills, which will help them write their BA thesis. Its main focus is the relationship between literature and sociocultural change in North American society. More specifically, it looks at intricate connections between politics and literature (the discussed genres include poetry, novel, reportage, graphic novel), the role of literature in raising collective consciousness and documenting (as well as leading towards) revolutionary change (the literature of protest, poetics of crisis).
Full description:	The seminar equips the students with research and thesis invention/argumentation skills, which will help them write their BA thesis. Its main focus is the relationship between literature and sociocultural change in North American society. More specifically, it looks at intricate connections between politics and literature (the discussed genres include poetry, novel, reportage, graphic novel), the role of literature in raising collective consciousness and documenting (as well as leading towards) revolutionary change (the literature of protest, poetics of crisis). Theoretical approaches to literature, read as inseparable from literary and social praxis, include feminist and queer studies, memory and trauma studies, critical race theory, ecocritcism/ecopoetics).
Bibliography:	Adrienne Rich, A Human Eye; What is Found There, Poetry and Social Commitment; Of Woman Born Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider; Uses of The Erotic: Erotic as Power James Baldwin, Here Be Dragons Philip Roth, American Pastoral Harlem Renaissance The Beat Generation New Journalism and 21st century documentary forms Muriel Rukeyser, Book of the Dead Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric; Just Us Margaret Atwood, The Testaments Richard Powers, The Overstory Jericho Brown, The Tradition Paul Goodman, Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals Gonzo journalism
Learning outcomes:	- critical reading - debating/argumentative skills - thesis invention and development - preparing thesis outline - editing and proofreading
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	To pass the course, students need to submit their BA thesis.

This course is not currently offered.

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