Specialisation seminar: The Poetics of Fragmentation. David Foster Wallace
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 2510-f1ENG2S-SS-POF |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Specialisation seminar: The Poetics of Fragmentation. David Foster Wallace |
Jednostka: | Wydział Humanistyczny |
Grupy: | |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Całkowity nakład pracy studenta: | (tylko po angielsku) 3 ECTS points = 75 hours 30 h - tutorial (contact hours) 35 h - individual work: reading and preparing for classes 10 h - writing and editing the final essay |
Efekty uczenia się - wiedza: | (tylko po angielsku) W1: The graduate has basic knowledge of the American contemporary fragmentary narrative techniques and is familiar with their distinctive features (K_W04), W2: The graduate has basic knowledge of selected historical, social, religious, philosophical and political issues determining the development of contemporary American fragmented narratives (K_W08). |
Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności: | (tylko po angielsku) U1: The graduate is able to place American contemporary fragmentary fiction a general historical and cultural context (K_U09), U2: The graduate is able to analyze and interpret contemporary American fragmentary fiction with the use of basic terminology and appropriate methods (K_U11), U3: The graduate is able to recognize the literary conventions of the contemporary American fragmentary fiction (K_U10). |
Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne: | (tylko po angielsku) K1: The graduate is able to work and assume various roles in a team whilst analyzing a selection of contemporary American fragmented fictions (K_K02), K2: The graduate appreciates the tradition and cultural heritage of the United States of America and is aware of their responsibility for preserving them (K_K05). |
Metody dydaktyczne: | (tylko po angielsku) Expository teaching methods: - description - discussion Exploratory teaching methods: - biographical - brainstorming - expert panels - practical - seminar |
Metody dydaktyczne podające: | - opis |
Metody dydaktyczne poszukujące: | - biograficzna |
Skrócony opis: |
(tylko po angielsku) The seminar aims to make the students familiar with the most recent developments in American fragmentary fiction. In the course of the seminar the students will study the various types and degrees of fragmentation on the example of David Foster Wallace’s prose. The author’s early work utilizes the characteristically postmodern poetics of fragmentation, to develop a unique method of using fragmentation within the movement of New Sincerity in his mature years. The classes will culminate with the analysis of the author’s last, incomplete novel, The Pale King, which brings together the different aspects of fragmentation, and itself, being incomplete, entices a deeper reflection on fragmentation in narrative. |
Pełny opis: |
(tylko po angielsku) The seminar aims to make the students familiar with the most recent developments in American fragmentary fiction. In the course of the seminar the students will study the various types and degrees of fragmentation on the example of David Foster Wallace’s prose. The author’s early work utilizes the characteristically postmodern poetics of fragmentation, to develop a unique method of using fragmentation within the movement of New Sincerity in his mature years. The classes will culminate with the analysis of the author’s last, incomplete novel, The Pale King, which brings together the different aspects of fragmentation, and itself, being incomplete, entices a deeper reflection on fragmentation in narrative. The classes will cover the following topics: - Postmodern fragmentation (Girl With Curious Hair) - Fragmentation in New Sincerity literature (Brief Interviews With Hideous Men) - The poetics of the unfinished novel (The Pale King) |
Literatura: |
(tylko po angielsku) David Foster Wallace, Girl With Curious Hair (1989) David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (1999) David Foster Wallace, The Pale King (2011) D. T. Max, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story (2013) David Lipsky, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself (2010) Marshall Boswell, Understanding David Foster Wallace (2009) |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
(tylko po angielsku) Active participation in classes - 20% (K_K02, K_K05), Midterm Essay - 30% (K_W09, K_U10, K_U11), Final Essay - 50% (K_W09, K_U10, K_U11). 60%-71% = 3. 72%-76% = 3+ 77%-84% = 4. 85%-90% = 4+ 91%-100% = 5. In each of the criteria, the correct and precise use of the English language will be taken into consideration (up to 20% of the grade for the given component). |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu.