| Course Title: Advanced Topics in English: 'World Literature and the Nobel Prize' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: Alfred Nobel intended for the Nobel Prize in Literature to be awarded to "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction." In this course, we will use the Nobel Prize in Literature as a way of thinking about the fields of World Literature and Global Anglophone Literature. We will read works by Nobel Prize winners such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Doris Lessing, Alice Munro, Kenzaburo Oe, and Toni Morrison and analyze cultural and critical theory by Arjun Appadurai and Rebecca Walkowitz. We will examine narrative form and cultural and historical contexts, while considering what these authors reveal about the changing sensibilities of the Academy and the construction of "world literature" today. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Jerrine Tan | tan@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Discussion | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Does not meet English department's seminar requirement |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness Author: Oe, Kenzaburo Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 080215185X Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: Playing in the Dark Author: Morrison, Toni Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780679745426 Publisher: |
Optional | 10.00 |
| Title: The Grass is Singing Author: Lessing, Doris Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0435901311 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: The Sound and the Fury Author: Faulkner, William Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780679732242 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: When We Were Orphans Author: Ishiguro, Kazuo Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780571283880 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: Youth Author: Coetzee, J.M. Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780099433620 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: The Piano Teacher Author: Jelinek, Elfriede Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781852421571 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: Beloved Author: Morrison, Toni Copyright: 2004 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Vintage |
Required | 11.09 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |