English - Free topic B: The Self and the World in Twenty-First Century U.S. Fiction

This 15 ECTS course is focused on twenty-first century U.S. fiction. Students will read 5-6 authors for each section of the course.

One half of the course (taught by Martyn Bone) will focus on twenty-first century transnational American fiction: texts that situates the United States at global scales (hemispheric, transatlantic, and transpacific), often with an emphasis on migration.

The other half of the course (taught by Christina Fogarasi) will focus on twenty-first century U.S. fiction that raises and explores questions of selfhood, identity, and gender.

In both parts of the course, we will be looking at how the themes and forms of twenty-first century U.S. fiction relate to the changing identity of the nation, the state, and the self in today’s globalized world.