Code: | LLC124 | Acronym: | LNAC |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | American Literature |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Anglo-American Studies |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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LLC | 55 | LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
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LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies) | 3 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 | ||
LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages) | 3 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
This programme takes the Beat Generation and its main epitome, Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road, as a starting point to the analysis of the profound changes in sensibility brought by World War II. Drawing on a variety of critical, theoretical, historical, and cultural sources, the course aims the contextualisation and study of the most distinguished moments in American narrative fiction, from the impact of World War II, with Kerouac, to postmodernist and multicultural writing. The programme structure will lead to a critical understanding of the main tendencies in the American novel of the first decades of the 21st century. Besides a deep focus on the selected literary works, it will also attempt to foster a dialogue between literature and other arts, namely cinema and photography.
At the end of the course, students shoud be able to:
a) Gain a deep knowledge of the main trends in post-World War II American writing;
b) Develop the ability to read some of the contemporary American fiction in relation to its historical and cultural contexts;
c) Deepen the knowledge of the various manifestations of postmodernist writing and of multiculturalism;
d) Discuss the relationship between literature and other arts.
The programme includes novels by Jack Kerouac, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Cormac McCarthy and it will focus on relevant themes and trends of contemporary American literature, such as anxiety and identity crisis in the 1940’s and 1950’s; the affluent society and its paradoxes; conformism and counterculture; the travel narrative; African-American fiction and women’s writing; postmodernity and postmodernism; the hypermediatized American society; patterns of quest in the American novel of the 21st century.
Lectures, seminars (critical discussion of texts), and tutorials. Student participation is fundamental.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 104,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 58,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Students must attend 75% of all classes.
A written exam - 100%
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