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

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

The Economy of Prestige
English James F.
2005 :
Mandatory

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

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