| Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009) |
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| LITERATURE AND SOCIETY |
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| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | LITERATURE AND SOCIETY | Code | 12274009 | |||||
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Basic Course | First | 2Q |
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| GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION The main objective of the subject "Literature and Society" is to engage students in the analytical and comparative aspects of diverse literary texts in order to determine the mutual interaction between these texts and society. The course will discuss a wide array of texts written in English where language, ideology, and culture play a major role. Relevant contemporary literary and critical theories will be introduced. |
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: -Perform a close reading on diverse texts written in English -Reflect on the interaction between literature(s) and society(ies) -Be familiar with contemporary literary and critical theories -Be aware of the inequalities and discrimination caused by nationality, gender, race, social class, among other factors -Develop a critical mind -Recognize and reflect on social needs and social problems -Consider The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030: https://sdgs.un.org/goals |
| SECTION I: WOMEN AND/IN LITERATURE | Main Topics and Theories: Language and identity, language and power, domestic violence, women and writing, gender and nation, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (#5 Gender Equality: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5#), immigration, integration, patriarchy, language and subjectivity, sex work, motherhood, mental illness Primary Texts for this Section: “No Speak English” Sandra Cisneros (short story) "Orange Horses" Maeve Kelly (short story) “The Yellow Wall-paper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman (short story) “In a Window” Dionne Brand (short story) “There was Once” Margaret Atwood (short story) |
| SECTION II: AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | Main Topics and Theories: Racism, racial segregation, human rights, Black Lives Matter (BLM), black culture, black literature, immigration, multiculturalism, integration, otherness, social class, patriarchy, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (#10 Reduced Inequality https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal10), Primary Texts for this Section: "I have a Dream" Martin Luther King (speech) "Rivers of Blood" Enoch Powell (speech) “Their Eyes Were Watching God" Zora Neale Hurston (fragment from novel) “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” Brent Staples (essay) “Passing” Nella Larsen (novel) |
| SECTION III: ANIMAL FARM (GEORGE ORWELL) | Main Topics and Theories: Violence, politics, national identity, nationalisms, colonialism, cultural colonisation, war and literature, political ideology, social and economic systems, Marxism Primary Texts for this Section: "Animal Farm" George Orwell (novel) |
| SECTION IV: QUEER LITERATURE | Main Topics and Theories: LGBTQIA+ (https://gaycenter.org/about/lgbtq/), Gendered identities, Patriarchy, Otherness, Feminism, Queer Theory, Gay and Lesbian literature, intercultural competence Primary Texts for this Section: “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament” Willa Cather (short story) “A Supermarket in California” Allen Ginsberg (poem) “Dr Frankel, Where are you?” Allen Young (memoir) “The Husband” Mary Dorcey (short story) “A Lesbian Appetite” Dorothy Allison (short story) |
