Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Anglisztika Tanszék
- Kód
- BMI-ANGD17-CI9aE.10
- Cím
- Modern regény - alapvetések és perspektívák: Városábrázolások az irodalomban
- Tervezett félév
- Őszi
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- The main aim of the course is to offer a comprehensive, though non-exhaustive, survey of the many different faces of cities as they are represented in contemporary literature. Students will also get acquainted with key concepts in urban studies through the reading of the set texts as well as through supplementary theoretical works.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- During the course we are going to focus on literary representations of iconic cities (London, New York, Johannesburg, etc.) in the works of Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Teju Cole, Lauren Beukes and Ivan Vladislavic among others. Through these literary works we are also going to discuss key concepts in the theoretical writings of Michel de Certeau and Edward Soja, such as cosmopolitanism, flâneur, spatial justice and the difference between space and place.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- The end mark is given based on in-class activity, a presentation, a home paper of cca. 7-8 pages and short (120-word) response papers about the compulsory readings.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Ali, Monica (2003). Brick Lane. Beukes, Lauren (2010). Zoo City. Cole, Teju (2011). Open City. Smith, Zadie (2012). NW. Vladislavic, Ivan (2006). Portrait with Keys.
- Ajánlott irodalom
- recommended for the individual presenters: Golimowska, Karolina. The Post-9/11 City in Novels: Literary Remappings of New York and London. McFarland & Company, 2016. Groes, Sebastian. The Making of London: London in Contemporary Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Lehan, Richard. The City in Literature. University of California Press, 1998. Manolescu, Monica. Cartographies of New York and Other Postwar American Cities. Art, Literature and Urban Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. The Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature. Ed. Kevin R. McNamara. Cambridge University Press, 2014.