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1 1. ASIGNATURA / COURSE TITLE CRÍTICA LITERARIA ANGLONORTEAMERICANA /ANGLOAMERICAN LITERARY CRITICISM 1.1. Código / Course number Materia / Content area Literatura en lengua inglesa y el discurso intelectual /Literature 1.3 Tipo / Course type Optativa /Elective 1.4 Nivel / Course level Grado/ Bachelor 1.5. Curso / Year 4º / 4 th 1.6 Semestre / Semester 1º / 1st 1.7 Número de créditos/ Credit allotment 6 créditos ECTS/ 6 ECTS credits 1.8 Requisitos previos / Prerequisites Es obligatorio haber cursado y aprobado la asignatura Introducción a la literatura inglesa /Having taken and passed the course Introduction to English Literature is a prerequisite. 1 de 10

2 1.9 Requisitos mínimos de asistencia a las sesiones presenciales / Minimum attendance requirement La asistencia es muy recomendable/attendance is highly advisable 1.10 Datos del equipo docente / Faculty data Nombre y apellidos: Laura Arce Álvarez Departamento de Filología Inglesa/English Department Facultad de Filosofía y Letras/School of Arts Despacho/Office: Módulo VI Bis, 204 Teléfono/Phone number: laura.arce@uam.es 1.11 Objetivos del curso / Course objectives The aim of this course is to provide a solid grounding on literary criticism in English, from a synchronic and diachronic perspective. We will be reading texts by eminent British and American literary critics, mainly 20 th century, as well as famous essays on literary works which are dealt with in the syllabus of the Degree of English Studies. G1, G4, G5, G6, G7, G8, G11, G12, G13, E1, E6, E7, E8, E9, E11, E14, E17, E18, E19, E20, E23, E24, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10. G1 To have a good command of English, attaining level C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in different written and spoken registers. G5 Be able to understand, produce, analyse and interpret critically both spoken and written texts of different registers, in both English and Spanish. G6 Know how to reflect critically and arrive at conclusions based on empirical evidence and logical argumentation. G7 Be able to plan and produce oral presentations, academic essays and literary, linguistic and cultural projects G4 To know and understand the basic principles of the disciplines within what is known as English Studies: the study of the English language and the literature and culture of English-speaking countries 2 de 10

3 G8 Know how to find, assimilate and interpret written, spoken and electronic information, and know how to use appropriate bibliographical conventions to cite such sources. G11 Be receptive to exchanging ideas and perspectives, expressed with well-supported and consistent opinions G12 Gradually work towards attaining learner autonomy, bearing in mind the need for a proactive approach to learning G13 Develop a responsible approach to cooperative work environments E6 Learn the instruments, metalanguage and methodology for the description and analysis of the main characteristics of the English language and of literature in English. E7 Become aware of the complex nature of language and literature and their relation with other disciplines and fields of knowledge, as well as of the ways in which social and cultural contexts have an influence on the nature of language and meaning. E8 Become aware of the formation of European intellectual networks, the transmission and reception of cultural and artistic phenomena, and the specific position of English culture E9 Know the most relevant characteristics of each literary movement, as well as the characteristics and evolution of each of the literary genres and subgenres, along with their historical and cultural context E11 To recognise the role of the different critical traditions in the historical development of literature E17 To develop the ability to read attentively and to perfom text analyses through the understanding of historical and social contexts, and to develop awareness of the historical meaning of Literature E18 To know how to connect knowledge learned about the language, literature and culture of English-speaking countries E19 To be able to distinguish among original research, public understanding of science, dissemination of knowledge, textbook writing, book reviews and essays/assignments E20 To demonstrate an analytical/critical attitude towards Literature and the linguistic phenomena in English language, and to critically position oneself regarding the different theories and the different approaches to a same problem 3 de 10

4 E23 To be able to distinguish between the content and methodology of academic work and the content and methodology of contemporary culture industries. E14 To be able to carry out literary and linguistic analysis of a variety of texts in English, using the appropriate terminology and tools, and within the theoretical frameworks studied E24 To be receptive to an understanding of literary and linguistic phenomena as diverse, interdisciplinary and multicultural. T1 To acquire a wide range of cultural and socio-political references with the aim of developing a critical attitude towards one's environment. T2 To know the principles and the development of the scientific method and of academic procedures, and to assimilate their ethical principles in terms of sources and authorship T3 To develop the ability to appreciate and to evaluate in a critical way one's own culture and the culture and customs of countries different from one's own. T4 To be able to work collaboratively in tasks of collective negotiation and to participate constructively in a debate T5 To reflect on one's own learning process and know how to evaluate it T6 To plan one's own work and to manage time effectively T7 To be aware of diversity and multiculturality T8 To acquire a critical attitude and an ethical commitment in the acquisition and management of knowledge T9 To have initiative and an enterprising spirit T10 To understand that literary and linguistic concepts are not exact and inflexible 1.12 Contenidos del programa / Course contents 4 de 10

5 1. Theory before theory: T.S.Eliot Tradition and the Individual Talent The Imagists: H.D, Ezra Pound 2. New Criticism: William Faulkner Colected Stories Flannery O Connors Complete Stories 3. Russian Formalism Raymond Carver Collected Stories 4. Reader-Oriented Theory Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club 5. Structuralist Theories Ray Bradbury Stories John Updike The Early Stories: Marxist Theories Philip Roth I Married a Communist 7. Feminist Theories Sylvia Plath Ariel Anne Sexton The Complete Poems Lydia Davis The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 8. Poststructuralist Theories 5 de 10

6 Paul Auster Travels in the Scriptorium 9. Postmodernist Theories David Foster Wallace Oblivion 10. Postcolonial Theories Sherman Alexie The Toughest Indian in the World Junot Díaz Drown 11. Gay, lesbian and queer theories Adrianne Rich Collected Poems Cris Beam Transparent 1.13 Referencias de consulta / Course bibliography Asensi, Manuel. Historia de la teoría de la literatura desde los inicios hasta el S.XIX. Vol. I. Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanch, Historia de la teoría de la literatura (el siglo XX hasta los años setenta), Vol. II. Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanch, Literatura y Filosofía. Madrid: Síntesis, Bakhtin, Mikhail. The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays. Austin: University of Texas Press, Benjamin, Walter. Illuminations. New York: Schocken, Brooker Peter, Selden, Raman & Widdowson, Peter. A Reader s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Hempstead: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, de 10

7 . A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory. Hemstead: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, Barthes, Roland. Elements of Semiology. London: Jonathan Cape, Writing Degree Zero. London: Jonathan Cape, Booth, Wayne C. The Rhetoric of Fiction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Cixous, Hélène. Writing Differences: Readings from the Seminar of Hélèn Cixous. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. Culler, Jonathan. Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics and the Study of Literature. London: Routledge, On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism After Structuralism. London: Routledge, De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex. New York: Bantham, Eagleton, Terry. Criticism and Ideology. London: New Left Books, Eliot, T.S. The Sacred Wood. London: Routledge, Genette, Gérard. Figures of LIterary Discourse. Oxford: Blackwell, Narrative Discourse. London: Blackwell, Gilbert, Sandra and Gubar, Susan. The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth Century Literary Imagination. New Heaven: Yale University Press. Iser, Wolfgang. The Act of Reading: a Theory of Aesthetic Response. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, Jackobson, Roman. Fundamentals of Language. Paris: Mouton, Jameson, Fredric. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. New York: Verso, de 10

8 Kristeva, Julia. Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art. New York: Columbia University Press, Lyotard, Jean Francois. What is Postmodernism? Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, Lodge, David Ed. Modern Criticism and Theory. London: Longman, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. London: Longman, Ransom, John Crowe. The New Criticism. Norfolk: New Directions, Richards, I.A. Practical Criticism. London: Routledge, Principles of Literary Criticism. London: Routledge, Selden, Raman. A Reader s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Prentice Hall-Harvester Wheatsheaf, Wimsatt, W.K, Jr and Beardsley, Monroe C., The Intentional Fallacy, Reprintted in Wimsatt, The Verbal Icon: Studies in the Meaning of Poetry (1954). London: Methuen, Métodos docentes / Teaching methodology Formal lectures to group as a whole Seminars Workshops Scheduled tutorials 3. Tiempo de trabajo del estudiante / Student workload Contact hours Nº de Porcentaje horas Lectures & theoretical sessions 42h 33%= 50 Practical classes & Scheduled tutorials 2h horas 8 de 10

9 Seminars & workshops 3h Independent Practical activities 15h 66%=100 study Weekly study/exam preparation 45 h/40h Carga total de horas de trabajo: 25 horas x 6 ECTS 150 h 4. Métodos de evaluación y porcentaje en la calificación final / Evaluation procedures and weight of components in the final grade CONVOCATORIA ORDINARIA: la participación en clase y la entrega de un comentario de texto contarán el 30% de la nota. Examen final 70%. CONVOCATORIA EXTRAORDINARIA: Examen final en la convocatoria extraordinaria. ORDINARY EVALUATION: Continuous assesment: 30% Final exam: 70% EXTRA EVALUATION (June): Final exam 5. Cronograma* / Course calendar Semana Week Contenido Contents Horas presenciales Contact hours Horas no presenciales Independent study 1 Introduction and 3 3 section 1 2 Section Section Section Section Section Section 7: task 3 7 submission 8 Section Section Section Section de 10

10 12 Section Section Section EXÁMENES DEL 3 GRADO 16 EXÁMENES DEL 3 GRADO 10 de 10