LITERATURA NORD-AMERICANA II // NORTH AMERICAN

Universitat de les Illes Balears
Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
LITERATURA NORD-AMERICANA II // NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE 2
(4909)
ESTUDIS : Filologia Anglesa
DURADA :Anual
NOMBRE DE CRÈDITS: 6 de teòrics/ 3 de pràctics
PREREQUISITS PER CURSAR L’ASSIGNATURA : Cap
IDIOMA EN QUÈ S’IMPARTEIX L’ASSIGNATURA: Anglès
IDENTIFICACIÓ DE LA PROFESSORA
Professora: Dra. Marta Fernández Morales
Edifici: Ramon Llull
Despatx: 258
Telèfon: 971 259 540
E-mail: marta.fernandez@uib.es
Tutories: Dimecres 9-11h; dijous 9-10h // 11-13h; divendres 16-17h.
1.
INTRODUCCIÓ GENERAL A LA MATÈRIA I RECOMANACIONS DE
CONEIXEMENTS PREVIS // GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS ON PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:
This subject is a follow-up to the “North American Literature 1” course done in the fourth year. It is
highly recommended that students who register for this course have passed the previous one, or at least
have read the early texts and assimilated the theoretical and critical concepts required to understand the
antecedents and evolution of U.S. literature.
2. OBJECTIUS GENERALS // GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this course is to continue the process of study that the student began in the “North American
Literature 1” course, combining reading, discussion and research, with a special emphasis on
independent learning. The focus here will be on 20th-century works. By the end of the year, the student
should be able to recognize the main characteristics of the movements, authors, and texts studied in their
context and in relation to historical and current events, noticing the evolution in form and content from
the previous North American materials seen. S/he should be capable of going further in the use of the
tools of Angloamerican literary criticism that s/he is already familiar with, as well as of adding some
new concepts applicable to contemporary writings. Upon completion of the course, the student should
also be able to conduct basic research in contemporary literature and to perform independent learning
tasks (filling out reading cards, preparing for the discussion of articles, etc.).
3.
ESTRUCTURA DELS CONTINGUTS DE L’ASSIGNATURA
STRUCTURE:
a. Teòrics // theory: The material is structured in 7 units:
//
CONTENT
1. Introduction: The 20th-century U.S. and its Literary Production
2. North American Modernism: Poetry and Prose
3. The Birth and Growth of Modern American Theatre
4. Neo-realism and the Narratives of the Great Depression
5. The 1950s: Consumerism and Counter-Cultural Tendencies
6. The Civil Rights Movement: Minority Voices
7. Coming to Terms with the War: Vietnam Narratives
8. Postmodernism, Multiculturalism, and Literature at the Turn of the Century
b.
Pràctics // practice: Commentaries and other practical tasks will be combined with
theoretical expositions and other activities throughout the year.
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5.
METODOLOGIA DE TREBALL DE L’ASSIGNATURA // METHODOLOGY:
a.
Teòrica // theory: The teacher’s theoretical expositions will alternate with presentations by
students, guided research and annotated reading of articles and other documents relevant to
each unit.
b.
Pràctica // practice: Students will be required to analyze and comment on primary and
secondary texts, to participate in workshop-format sessions, debates, etc., to enhance their
learning and encourage independence and critical thought.
ELEMENTS I CRITERIS D’AVALUACIÓ // ASSESSMENT: Students will be offered two
options at the beginning of the course:
1. An exhaustive, final, written exam in June, including theoretical questions to develop in essay form
and texts for full commentary and analysis (50%) + an essay on one of the movements/authors/texts
studied (40%) + coursework to be handed in once a month (10%).
2. An ongoing project including a course diary (20%), research feedback worksheets to be handed in
once a month (30%), a complete commentary of a selected extract (20%) and a final 30-minute oral
presentation (30%). The research process and the final presentation must be done in groups of 4
members.
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BIBLIOGRAFIA // BIBLIOGRAPHY:
a. Bibliografia de lectura obligatòria // compulsory reading material:
-T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland (selection of excerpts)
-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
-Susan Glaspell, Trifles
-John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (selection of fragments)
-J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
-Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
-Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried (selection of stories)
-Cherríe Moraga, Loving in the War Years (selection of texts)
-Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt
There will also be secondary texts (articles, reviews, etc.) left for the student to photocopy at the
beginnning of the year. These texts will/should be used both in and outside the classroom, and they will
also be considered compulsory reading material.
b. Bibliografia especialment recomanada // recommended reference books:
Alberola, Nieves. 2002. Texto y deconstrucción en la literatura norteamericana postmoderna. València:
Servei de Publicacions Universitat de València.
Chénetier, Marc. 1997. Más allá de la sospecha: la nueva ficción americana desde 1960 hasta nuestros
días. Madrid: Visor.
Elliot, Emory. Coord. 1991. Historia de la literatura norteamericana. Madrid: Cátedra.
Gurpegui, J.Antonio. Ed. 2001. Historia crítica de la novela norteamericana. Salamanca: Almar.
Ruland, Richard, and Malcolm Bradbury. 1991. From Puritanism to Postmodernism. A History of
American Literature. New York: Penguin.
c.
Bibliografia general // general bibliography:
Agee, James, and Walker Evans. 2001 [1940]. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Mariner Books.
Alonso Gallo, Laura. Ed. 2004. Voces de América / American Voices. Entrevistas a escritores
americanos / Interviews with American Writers. Cádiz: Aduana Vieja.
Alonso García, Teresa. 1989. La economía de entreguerras: la Gran Depresión. Madrid: Akal.
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Antón-Pacheco, Ana. 2005. El teatro de los Estados Unidos. Historia y crítica. Madrid: Langre.
Baym, Nina. Ed. 2003. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: Norton.
Benson, Jackson J. The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer. New York: Viking Press.
Ben-Zvi, Linda. Ed. 1995. Susan Glaspell. Essays on her Theater and Fiction. Ann Arbor: The
University of Michigan Press.
Berkowitz, Gerald M. 1992. American Drama of the Twentieth Century. London: Longman.
Best, Steven, and Douglas Kellner.1991. Postmodern Theory. Critical Interrogations. Houndmills:
MacMillan.
Carpentier, Martha, and Bárbara Ozieblo. Eds. 2006. Disclosing Intertextualities. The Stories, Plays, and
Novels of Susan Glaspell. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Cook, Bruce. 1974. La Generación Beat. Barcelona: Barral.
Covici, Pascal. Ed. 1976. The Portable Steinbeck. New York: Penguin.
Cruz, Juan José. 1999. Desnudos, muertos, ofendidos. La experiencia de Estados Unidos en Vietnam y su
construcción en la narrativa norteamericana. La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna.
Cunliffe, Marcus. 1986. The Literature of the United States. London: Penguin.
Donaldson, Scott. 2002. Hemingway contra Fitzgerald. Auge y decadencia de una amistad literaria.
Madrid: Siglo XXI.
Eagleton, Mary. 1996. Working with Feminist Criticism. Cambridge: Blackwell.
Engel, Steven. Ed. 1998. Readings on The Catcher in the Rye. San Diego: Greenhaven Press.
Galloway, David M., and Towsend Ludington. 1986. The Individual Conscience as Subject of Literary
Reflection: The 1950s in the American Novel. Salamanca: Servicio de Publicaciones
Universidad de Salamanca.
George, Stephen K. Ed. 2002. John Steinbeck: A Centennial Tribute. Westport: Praeger Publishers.
Gibson, Andrew. 1999. Postmodernity, Ethics, and the Novel. New York: Routledge.
Girón Echevarría, Luis Gustavo. 1993. Estándar y dialecto en la obra narrativa de John Steinbeck.
Cáceres: Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad de Extremadura.
Heineman, Kenneth J. 1993. Campus Wars: The Peace Movement at the American State Universities in
the Vietnam Era. New York: New York University Press.
Humm, Maggie. 1994. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Feminist Literary Criticism. Hertfordshire:
Prentice Hall.
Knight. Brenda. 1998. Women of the Beat Generation. The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a
Revolution. Newbury Port: Conari Press.
Kotzen, Kip, and Thomas Beller. 2001. With Love and Squalor: 14 Writers Respond to the Works of J.D.
Salinger. New York: Broadway Editors.
Makowsky, Veronica. 1993. Susan Glaspell’s Century of American Women: A Critical Interpretation of
her Work. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mermann-Jozwiak, Elisabeth. 2005. Postmodern Vernaculars. Chicana Literature and Postmodern
Rhetoric. New York: Peter Lang.
Morris, Pam. 1993. Literature and Feminism. An Introduction. Cambridge: Blackwell.
Nafisi, Azar. 2003. Reading Lolita in Tehran. A Memoir in Books. New York: Random House.
Narbona, María Dolores y Bárbara Ozieblo. Eds. 2005. Otros escenarios. La aportación de las
dramaturgas al teatro norteamericano. Barcelona: Icaria.
Nicol, Bran Ed. 2002. Postmodernism and the Contemporary Novel: A Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press.
Nicholson, Linda. 1990. Feminism / Postmodernism. New York: Routledge.
Ozieblo, Bárbara. 2000. Susan Glaspell. A Critical Biography. Columbia: University of South Carolina
Press.
Penas Ibáñez, Beatriz y Mª Carmen López Sáenz. Eds. 2006. Interculturalism: between Identity and
Diversity. New York: Peter Lang.
Pérez Gallego, Cándido. 1992. Literatura norteamericana. Una visión crítica. Madrid: Palas Atenea.
Pérez Gallego, Cándido, Félix Martín y Leopoldo Mateo. 1986. Literatura norteamericana actual.
Madrid: Cátedra.
Perkins, George, and Barbara Perkins. Eds. 1994. The American Tradition in Literature, vol. II. New
York: McGraw-Hill.
Petry, Alice H. 1989. Fitzgerald’s Craft of Short Fiction: The Collected Stories. Tuscaloosa: University
of Alabama Press.
Pozuelo Yvancos, José María. 1995. El canon en la teoría literaria contemporánea. València: Episteme.
Prigozy, Ruth. Ed. 2001. The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
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Roszak, Theodore. 1984. El nacimiento de una contracultura. Barcelona: Kairós.
Taylor, Mark. 2003. The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press.
VV.AA. 1991. La mujer en la literatura inglesa y norteamericana contemporánea. Alcalá de Henares:
Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad de Alcalá.
Wilmeth, Don, and Tice L. Miller. Eds. 1993. Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Wolin, Sheldon, et al. 1975. USA: Después de Vietnam. Barcelona: Anagrama.
Wyatt, David. 1986. The Fall into Eden: Landscape and Imagination in California. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
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