Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Magyar Irodalom- és Kultúratudományi Intézet
- Kód
- BA-ERA-IHLCS-S-2
- Cím
- Interwar Literary Hits: World Literature -- Hungarian Literature
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- ECTS
- 6
- Nyelv
- Leírás
- Oktatás célja
- Knowledge: - Overview of theoretical problems and historical and medial contexts of literary and cultural studies, ability to apply different methods in the analysis of literary texts and cultural phenomena, regarding the changing contexts of interpretation - Intense knowledge of characteristic research questions in literary and cultural sciences, and neighbouring disciplines, interpretive methods of different research approaches, traditional and electronic sources, databases, and bibliographies of literary and cultural studies Skills: - Ability to analyse literary and cultural phenomena from a historical and interdisciplinary angle and to critically examine the relationship and development of different world views - Independence in selecting and applying methods of literary and cultural studies for the analysis of different literary and cultural issues, ability to detect new aspects of literary and cultural phenomena based on the information available Attitudes: - Taking into consideration the historical and social conditions of literary and cultural phenomena - Application of the earned knowledge of literary and cultural phenomena in the understanding of recent social changes - Openness toward interdisciplinary approaches to literature and culture Independence: - Self-conscious reflexivity toward the historical and cultural embedment of the present - Responsibility in practicing the methods applied in the field of literary and cultural studies, acceptance of the autonomy and methodical specificities of other scientific disciplines
- Tantárgy tartalma
- This course invites students to the "golden twenties" and the "dirty thirties". During the semester, we will read and interpret works of fiction that had a significant influence on the literary taste of the period and that provide insight into the culture of these two decades, both internationally and in Hungary. On the one hand, we will take a selection from the world literature of the period and, on the other, we will explore the perceptions, themes and literary devices of the period through English translations of Hungarian-language fiction. Issues concerning the way humans function, the confrontation with crisis of the self and modern technicised society, the portrayal of the successful, the lost and the fallen, the threat of war and the desire for peace or love and lust are just some of the possible issues addressed.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Book Reviews (To be submitted via CANVAS). For each of the works discussed, students are required to upload a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 500 words by 10 a.m. the day before the synchronous class. These short pieces of writing will prepare the class discussion and allow students to brainstorm about the work. Clarity and relative coherence are important. Writing is graded on a scale of 1 to 10. Without submitting them, the course cannot be completed. Class attendance, engaged participation in discussions. The backbone of the class will be plenary discussion and collective analysis. Class work will be taken into account in the end-of-semester evaluation. Classes require reading of the assigned literature, as evidenced in dialogues with the instructor and peers. Active participation in text analysis classes will be required and will be a major factor in determining the grade. No comments will negatively affect the end-of-semester grade, but I will try to give priority to comments that are relevant. More than three absences will result in failure of the course.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Hugh Walpole: Portrait of a Man with Red Hair Antal Szerb: Journey by Moonlight Zsigmond Móricz: Barbarians William Faulkner: Dry September Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Louis Rey Károly Pap: Blood Gyula Illyés: People of the Puszta Ivan Bunin: Mitya’s Love Sándor Márai: Portraits of a Marriage
- Ajánlott irodalom
- Lorant Czigany. The Oxford History of Hungarian Literature From the Earliest Times to the Present. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture. Edited by David Bradshaw and Kevin J.H. Dettmar. Maiden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. The Bloomsbury Companion to Modernist Literature, edited by Ulrika Maude and Mark Nixon. Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.