The aim of the seminar is to familiarise doctoral students with selected trends in contemporary American fiction. The primary sources will be discussed in relation to the cultural, social and political contexts of the 20th- and 21st century. The focal genre is the novel, but the course covers also a selection of short stories. The temporal frame includes the last 4 decades. The questions which we will try to address include the competing visions of multicultural versus national literature, the impact of global politics and economy on the form and scope of contemporary fiction, identity politics and transnational intellectual trends shaping American literature and culture.
- Nauczyciel: Paulina Ambroży