2011_12
Guia docent 
Facultat de Lletres
A A A 
català 
 
Estudis Culturals en Llengua Anglesa, Textos i Contextos (2009)
 Assignatures
  EL PENSAMENT CRÍTIC DELS AUTORS DEL S. XXI
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
I. General Introduction 1.1.The situation of literature at the beginning of the Twenty-first Century.

1.2. Form and content of the Twenty-first century novel.
II. Present situation of the South-African novel written in English. 2.1. J.M. Coetzee and his criticism of the post-apartheid in South-Africa: analysis of the novel Disgrace.

2.2. J.M. Coetzee's vision of the twenty-first century world: analysis of the novel Diary of a Bad Year.
III. Present situation of the Indian novel written in English. 3.1. The theatre of the South of India: revision of the Hindu tradition in the works of Girish Karnad.

3.2. The cultural and historical heritage as a source of inspiration for the Indian authors: the critical position of Kiran Desai in The Inheritance of Loss.
IV. The present moment in Native Canadian and Australian literatures written in English. 4.1. The native Canadian thought in relation to ecological themes: analysis of Jeanette Armstrong's Wispering in Shadows.

4.2. The claim for a cultural identity of the Australian Aborigines: analysis of the novel Benang.
V. An ethical attitude to face the challenges of post-colonial Nigerian. 5.1. Tension between the traditional and the Western traditions in the post-colonial Nigeria: analysis of Chris Abani's novel Graceland.
5.2. Nigeria as an example of a fragmented society: analysis of Chris Abani's novel Song for Night.
Conclusions 1. The technical and esthetic efectiveness of the authors J.M. Coetzee, Girish Karnad, Kiran Desai, Jeanette Armstrong, Kim Scott, and Chris Abani.