British literature 2510-f1ENG2S-BL-T
Ćwiczenia (CW) Semestr letni 2021/22

Primary reading list:

1. Martian poetry: Craig Raine ("Dandelions", "An Attempt at Jealousy", "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home") and Christopher Reid ("The Cupboard", "Fetish")

2. Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

3. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman (selected fragments)

4. Postmodern short stories: Malcolm Bradbury (“Composition”), Salman Rushdie (“The Prophet’s Hair”), Martin Amis (“Straight Fiction”)

5. Margaret Drabble, The Witch of Exmoor

6. Fay Weldon, The Cloning of Joanna May

7. Queer fiction: Jeanette Winterson (“The Poetics of Sex”), Alan Hollinghurst (“Highlights”)

8. P.D. James, The Children of Men

9. Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

10. 21st century poetry: Carol Ann Duffy ("Text", "Valentine", "Warming Her Pearls") and Simon Armitage ("A Vision", "I Say, I Say, I Say", "To His Lost Lover")

11. Ian McEwan, Amsterdam

12. Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun (selected fragments), “Family Supper”

13. Postcolonial poetry: Sarah Howe ("Loop of Jade"), Patience Agbabi ("Skins", "Unfinished Business") and Warsan Shire ("Home")

14. Zadie Smith, White Teeth (selected fragments)

As above

As above

Content distribution:

1. Martian poetry: selected poems by Craig Raine and Christopher Reid

2. Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

3. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman (selected fragments)

4. Postmodern short stories: Malcolm Bradbury (“Composition”), Salman Rushdie (“The Prophet’s Hair”), Martin Amis (“Straight Fiction”)

5. Margaret Drabble, The Witch of Exmoor

6. Fay Weldon, The Cloning of Joanna May

7. Queer fiction: Jeanette Winterson (“The Poetics of Sex”), Alan Hollinghurst (“Highlights”)

8. P.D. James, The Children of Men

9. Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

10. 21st century poetry: selected poems by Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage

11. Ian McEwan, Amsterdam

12. Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun (selected fragments), “Family Supper”

13. Postcolonial poetry: selected poems by Sarah Howe, Patience Agbabi, and Warsan Shire

14. Zadie Smith, White Teeth (selected fragments)

As above

Teaching methods may include traditional classroom, asynchronous and synchronous methods. In the case of remote learning, USOS mail, Moodle and MS Teams will be used to communicate with students.