Last updated by molsza on 2023-01-16. Originally submitted by Anonymous on 2006-10-09.
Members of the Department of American Literature focus in their teaching and research on the literature of the United States.
Członkowie Zakładu Literatury Amerykańskiej prowadzą zajęcia dydaktyczne oraz badania naukowe dotyczące literatury Stanów Zjednoczonych.
TEACHING
Obligatory undergraduate (B.A.-level) survey courses on the history of American literature
Depending on the specialisation, students are required to attend 30 hours or 60 hours of the History of American Literature classes, which are supplemented for some groups with 30 hours of lectures. After taking the classes and attending the lectures students get a good grasp of major literary developments in American literature from the 17th to the beginning of the 21st century, they know names of major authors, titles of their works, names and characteristics of the most important literary movements and are able to show the development of major themes of the literature of the United States throughout the ages. Most importantly, they also gain a better understanding of the art of literature and learn interpretative strategies that help them to better appreciate and understand literary texts, and to enjoy them more. All courses finish with a written examination.
Obligatory reading list & Supplementary reading list (link)
Elective undergraduate (B.A.-level) proseminars and seminars, and graduate (M.A.-level) seminars on selected United States literature topics are also offered every academic year.
M.A. program: American Literature and Culture (link).
RESEARCH
The main research areas of the Department members include:
- modernist and contemporary poetry, literature of the South, postmodernist prose, Romantic prose and poetry, American comics and graphic novels;
- and such broad areas as postcolonial literary studies, aspects of literary theory, memory and literature, religion and literature.
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
- Polish Association for American Studies 2023 Annual Conference "America and Deep Time: Alternate Geographies, Temporalities, and Histories" takes place at our Faculty on October 25-27, 2023. You can find out more about the symposium on: https://paas2023.amu.edu.pl
- 4th Re-Examining American Literature Student Sympoisum "American Pasts and American Futures in Literature and Culture". 4th REAL Student Symposium takes place on Saturday, March 25, 2022 on MS Teams. Symposium seeks to explore the future and the past as concepts, ideals, and ideologies. The United States, as a nation that always looks ahead trying to reinvent itself, enjoys a troubled relationship with both its past and its future. We are interested in ways in which the pasts(s) and the future(s) of America conjured up in literary and cultural texts reflect and comment on the current state and possible developments in the United States. You can find out more about the symposium on: https://bookloversamongstudents.webs.com/real-symposium
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