15-SEMLIC-12/22
Contemporary American Literature: Dynamic Literary Landscapes in The 21st Century
Is literature in crisis? What does it have to offer in the digital era? How does it comment on the more and more complex reality? The study of twenty-first century American fiction is indeed a fascinating task, as it engages with and responds to the “real” world, including terrorism, economic inequalities, racial tensions, and environmental crisis, to name just a few issues that have defined the recent years. During our meetings, we will read and discuss contemporary American novels (by, among others, Don DeLillo, Cormack McCarthy, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Colson Whitehead, and Alison Bechdel) as well as theoretical and critical essays that will contextualize our inquiry into the literature of the now.
- Nauczyciel: Małgorzata Olsza