Guia docent 2011_12 Facultat de Lletres

Continguts

Tema	Subtema
1. Reading Prose Fiction	The novel. The short story.
2. Studying prose fiction; significant features	Character, Narration, Language, Reader response.
3. Narrative strategies
Set reading:	4. Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber 5. E. Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher 6. Katherine Mansfield In a German Pension 7. Rudyard Kipling, How the Leopard Got His Spots 8. James Joyce, Araby 9. Virginia Woolf, A Haunted House 10. Doris Lessing, Brother and Sister
Suggested reading for individual study. (Full title to be provided at the beginning of the course)	Margaret Atwood Julian Barnes, Pulse (2011) John Banville, The Sea (2005) Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture (2009) Elizabeth Bowen John Coetzee, Foe (1992) Joseph Conrad Hear of Darkness Emma Donoughue, Stir Fry F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People Ernest Hemingway Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Days Henry James , What Maisie Knew Jennifer Johnston Jackie Kay, TheAdoption Papers (1991) Maryan Keyes, Sushi for Beginners D.H.Lawrence Andrea Levi, Small Island (2007) Penelope Lively, Making it Up (2005) Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach ( Mary O’Donnell, Storm over Belfast Edna O’Brien, Down by the River Ali Smith, Hotel World (2001) Rose Tremain William Trevor, Felicia’s Journey Ali Smith, Hotel World