The Nobel Writers: Literary Institutions and the Literary Canon
AMST 120
Fall 2013
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 120 |
Through analysis of selected texts, primarily by writers from the Americas, the course addresses the institution of the Nobel Prize as a mechanism regulating the production literature, the literary marketplace, and the literary canon. The aim of the course is threefold: the pleasure of reading selected Nobel Prize-winning texts, an understanding of literature as shaped by and shaping global cultures, and a skills set for the analysis of literary texts. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
William Faulkner, THE SOUND AND THE FURY
Ernest Hemingway, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Harold Pinter, THE HOMECOMING
V.S. Naipaul, A HOUSE FOR MS. BISWAS
John Coetzee, DISGRACE
Toni Morrison, TAR BABY
Doris Lessing, THE FIFTH CHILD
Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers, A WRITER'S REFERENCE
James F. English, THE ECONOMY OF PRESTIGE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three essays (5 pages each), three revisions, quizzes, and responses. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
THIS SECTION IS A FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR (FYS) CLASS. |
| Instructor(s): Karamcheti,Indira Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: CAMS 3; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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