Код: 316629

Назва:

Американська велика проза XX ст.

Анотація: The course "The American 20th Century Novel" is concentrated on important 20th century American novels. The reading list consists of novels that for various reasons have had an impact on and have defined the further development of prose and literature in general in the US and beyond. The American novel is discussed in a number of contexts: historical. societal, and cultural, as an important factor in the definition of American life.

Тип дисципліни: вибіркова

Рік навчання: IV

Семестр: осінній

Кількість кредитів: 3 (загальна кількість годин - 90; аудиторні години - 28; лекції - 20 год; семінари - 8 год; самостійна робота - 62 год.)

Форма контролю: залік

Викладач(і): PhD, доц. Веретельник Роман Миколайович

Результати навчання: ПРН-1. Вільно спілкуватися з професійних питань із фахівцями та нефахівцями англійською мовою усно й письмово, використовувати її для організації ефективної
міжкультурної комунікації.
ПРН-2. Ефективно працювати з інформацією: добирати необхідну інформацію з різних джерел, зокрема з фахової літератури та електронних баз, критично аналізувати й інтерпретувати її, впорядковувати, класифікувати й систематизувати матеріали до курсу "Американська велика проза ХХ ст."
ПРН-4. Розуміти фундаментальні принципи буття людини,
природи, суспільства.
ПРН-8. Знати й розуміти систему мови, загальні властивості літератури як мистецтва слова, історію мов (англійська) і вміти застосовувати ці знання у професійній діяльності.
ПРН-13. Аналізувати й інтерпретувати твори американської великої прози ХХ ст.
ПРН-22. Дотримуватися принципів академічної доброчесності.


Спосіб навчання: аудиторний

Необхідні обовязкові попередні й супутні модулі: - Вступ до літературознавства; - Теорія літератури; - Світова література - 1, 2, 3

Зміст дисципліни: Introduction to the contexts of 20th century American literature. American history, culture, and society as a background: events, trends, phenomena, diversity. Literary processes at the beginning of the 20th century: modernism. Questions pertaining to the reception of texts. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gadsby. WWI and the post-war generation. Fitzgerald's novel as the matrix for the "Jazz Age" in American culture. The city as a topos in modernist literature. Changing behavior mores in American society. Questions of gender. Sport as a theme. The past as a theme. Journalistic writing. The omniscient "Unreliable" narrator. The phenomenon of the "American Dream": interpretations and meaning. Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. Autobiography. Questions pertaining to fiction and non-fiction in literary writing. Historical memory as a factor in recreating the past. Expatriate literature. The myth of post-WWI Paris in literature. Gertrude Stein and the "Lost Generation". Hemingway's "iceberg" theory of authorship. First person narration. Hemingway and self-censorship. William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Stream of consciousness writing. Christian symbolism in literature. Faulkner as a representative of southern "Gothic"writing. Interpretations of southern US history in American literature. Race, gender, and mental state as themes. Sexuality as a theme. Combining forms of narration in a text. Henry Miller's The Tropic of Cancer. Censorship in the literary process. Reinterpretations of the modernist novel: language, sexuality, gender. A reinterpretation of Paris as a topos. "Autobiographical" narration. A redefinition of the question of perceived morality in the writing and reading of texts. Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Post WWII American culture and society. The Beats: overview and analysis. The road as a theme in world literature. The American "road" text". The automobile in American culture. Kerouac's theory of "spontaneous writing". The "anti-hero" in American literature. American youth culture: mores, sexuality, alcohol, substances. Ken Keysey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The postmodern in American literature. Redefinitions of mental state and madness. Psychological health: society, family, gender, sexuality. Abuses of psychiatry. Mental health institutions. Challenges to the American "system". Redefinitions of the depiction of American Natives in culture and literature. Subliminal narration. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. The New Journalism and fiction writing: non-fiction as a new category in the fictional novel. Redefinition of the true crime novel genre. Crime and criminal justice. Small town America. Questions pertaining to the death penalty. "Cinematographic" narration in a literary text. Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. Female writing. The roman ? clef. Growing up female. Female mental health and madness. American psychiatry and women. mental institutions and their practices. New York as a topos. Relationships, sexuality, and motherhood from a female perspective. Female friendship. Cormac McCarthy's The Road. The post-apocalyptic novel. Ecological disaster. Nature and technology. American survivalism. Further development of the road novel. Violence in American society. Male friendship and fatherhood. Summary of issues discussed in the course: American history, society, culture, and literature. The 20th century reader of the modern American novel.


Рекомендована література: -1. Batchelor, Bob (2013), Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
2. Bleikasten, Andr?, The Most Splendid Failure: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1976.
3. Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph, ed. (2000). F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Literary Reference. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000.
4. Buell, Lawrence, The Dream of the Great American Novel. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014.
5. Ferri, Jessica, "Capote's Masterpiece 'In Cold Blood' Still Vivid at 50". The Daily Beast, December 28, 2016.
6. Graulund, Rune, "Fulcrums and Borderlands: A Desert Reading of Cormac McCarthy's The Road". Orbis Litterarum. 65 (1), 2010: 57-78.
7. Hemingway, Mary, How It Was. New York: Ballantine, 1977.
8. Hotchner, A.E., Papa Hemingway. New York: Random House, 1966.
9. Jones, Howard Mumford, and Richard M. Ludwig, Guide to American Literature and its Backgrounds since 1890. Harvard Univ Pr; 4th edition (1972).
10. Jong, Erica. The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller. New York: Grove Press, 1994.
11. Leland, John, Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of?On the Road?(They're Not What You Think), New York: Viking Press, 2007.
12. Mangrum, Benjamin, "Accounting for The Road: Tragedy, Courage, and Cavell's Acknowledgment". Philosophy and Literature. 37 (2), 2013: 267-290.
13. Matthews, John T., The Sound and the Fury: Faulkner and the Lost Cause. Boston: Twayne, 1991.
14. McCann, Janet (ed.), Critical Insights: The Bell Jar. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2011.
15. O'Rourke, P.J., "Fear and Loathing at 25: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. November 28, 1996.
16. Perloff, Marjorie, "'A Ritual for Being Born Twice': Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar". Contemporary Literature. University of Wisconsin Press. 13 (4), 1972: 507-552.
17. Plimpton, George, "The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel". The New York Times, January 16, 1966.
18. Porter, M. G., One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Rising to Heroism. Boston: Twayne, 1989.
19. Safer, E., The Contemporary American Comic Epic: The Novels of Barth, Pynchon, Gaddis, and Kesey. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988.
20. Temple, Emily, "A Brief Survey of the Great American Novel(s)". Literary Hub, January 9, 2017.
21. Theado, Matt, Understanding Jack Kerouac, Columbia SC: University of SC Press, 2000.
22. Turner, Frederick, Renegade: Henry Miller and the Making of Tropic of Cancer. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
23. Wenner, Jann, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson. Little, Brown and Company, 2007.



Форми та методи навчання: лекції, семінарські заняття, самостійна робота

Методи й критерії оцінювання: Максимальна кількість балів - 100 Участь у семінарах - 40 Переклад уривку - 30 есей -30

Мова навчання: англійська