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| LGER0044-1 | US literature and civilisation  | |||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Delville | |||||
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| Course contents : | partim: « Contemporary American Poetry and Politics » The aim of this course is to provide students with a critical introduction to the major movements and trends in contemporary American poetry. The works and authors covered in class will be examined in the context of American cultural and political history. Themes to be discussed include technology, the avant-garde, subjectivity, feminism, multiculturalism, the counterculture, consumerism, radical politics and postmodern culture. | |||||
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| Organization : | 2nd semester | |||||
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| Written notes : | a syllabus will be made available to students in January 2006 references: Cary Nelson, Anthology of Modern American Poetry David Gray, American Poetry of the Twentieth Century. Paul Hoover, Postmodern American Poetry. Ed Foster and Joseph Donahue, The World in Time and Space. David Mauk and John Oakland, American Civilization: An Introduction. Anders Breidlid, ed., American Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts. Christopher Rick and William L. Vance, The Faber Book of America. | |||||
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| Assessment : | - written paper + oral exam | |||||
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| Contacts : | Michel DELVILLE, professeur Département de Langues et littératures germaniques pl. Cockerill, 3 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 56 69 E-mail mdelville@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat Tél. 04 366 53 96 | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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