Syllabus:

Creating the Contemporary Literary Canon: Prizes, Critics, Readers, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued from 2025-05-08

Swedish name: Att skapa litterära mästerverk. Litteraturpriser, kritiker och läsare

This syllabus is valid: 2016-10-03 valid to 2018-08-19 (newer version of the syllabus exists)

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Course code: 1EN071

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: English: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
French: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Spanish: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
German: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Language Studies

Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2016-09-16

Required Knowledge

Univ: At least 75 ECTS with academic progression (corresponding to level 6190 hp in the Swedish academic system) in one of the academic subjects English, French, German, or Spanish, or equivalent knowledge. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary course English 6/English Course B.

Literature

Valid from: 2018 week 30

Coetzee J.M.
What is a classic?
Included in:
Current writing
Durban : University of Natal : 1989- : Vol. 5 (2) : 7-24 pages
Mandatory

English James F.
The Economy of Prestige
2005 :
Mandatory

Foucault Michel
"What is an author?"
Hämtas från http://www.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Foucault_Author.pdf : 1998 :
Mandatory

Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi
Half of a yellow sun
London : Harper Perennial : 2007 : 433, 16 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-00-720028-3
Mandatory
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Enright Anne
The gathering
1. pbk. ed. : New York : Black Cat : cop. 2007 : 260 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-8021-7039-2 (pbk.)
Mandatory
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Jones Lloyd
Mister Pip
London : Murray : 2008 : 219 s. :
ISBN: 0-7195-6994-X (pbk.) : £7.99
Mandatory
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Lessing Doris
The fifth child
New York : Vintage books : 1989 : 133 s. :
ISBN: 0-679-72182-7
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Despentes Virginie
Apocalypse bébé : roman
Paris : Grasset : 2010. : 342 p. :
ISBN: 978-2-246-77171-5
Mandatory
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Houellebecq Michel
La carte et le territoire
Paris : Flammarion : 2010 : 428 p. :
ISBN: 9782081246331
Mandatory
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Laferrière Dany
L'énigme du retour : roman
Paris : Bernard Grasset : 2009 : 301 s. :
ISBN: 9782246748915
Mandatory
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Lapeyre Patrick
La vie est brève et le désir sans fin : roman
Paris : P.O.L. : 2010 : 344 s. :
ISBN: 978-2-8180-0603-0
Mandatory
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Chirbes Rafael
En la orilla
1. ed. : Barcelona : Anagrama : cop. 2013 : 437 p. :
ISBN: 978-84-339-9759-3
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Freire Espido
Melocotones helados
1. ed. : Barcelona : Planeta : 1999 : 328 s. :
ISBN: 84-08-03370-0
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Poniatowska Elena
Hasta no verte, Jesús mío
Madrid : Alianza : 1984 : 304 s. :
ISBN: 84-206-3133-7
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Vargas Llosa Mario
La ciudad y los perros
Lima, Peru : Alfaguara : 2010 : 483 s. :
ISBN: 9786124039669
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Böll Heinrich
Gruppenbild mit Dame : Roman
München : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag : 1974 : 373, [1] s. :
ISBN: 3-423-00959-4
Mandatory
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Grass Günter
Ein weites Feld : Roman
Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. : 2012 :
ISBN: 978-3-423-12689-2
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Jelinek Elfriede
Die Klavierspielerin : Roman
[Neue Ausg.] : Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt : 1986 : 284 s. :
ISBN: 3-499-15812-4
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Müller Herta
Atemschaukel : Roman
Frankfurt am Main : Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verl. : 2011 : 299 s. :
ISBN: 9783596187508
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Valid from: 2016 week 35