Contemporary American Fiction in the European Classroom

Contemporary American Fiction in the European Classroom

Teaching and Texts

Norton, Sue; Mazzeno, Laurence W.

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

04/2022

333

Dura

Inglês

9783030941659

15 a 20 dias

585

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1. Introduction: American Fiction Abroad.- Part I: Why Teach ...?.- 2. Toni Morrison's A Mercy in Hungary: Racialized Discourse in the Classroom.- 3. Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown in Europe as an Evaluative Tool of U.S. Race Relations: "When you think American, what color do you see?".- 4. Octavia Butler at a Swedish University: Gender, Genre, and Intercultural Encounters.- 5. John Updike in Serbia.- 6. Contemporary American Women Writers in Romania.- Part II: How to Teach ...?.- 7. Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace: Contextualizing the "Systems Novel" in Estonia.- 8. Donald Barthelme at Sorbonne University: Narrative, Internet Memes, and "The Rise of Capitalism".- 9. The (Post)Apocalypse in Hungary: American Science Fiction and Social Analysis.- 10. Gloria Anzaldua at European Universities: Straddling Borders of Fiction and Identity.- Part III: What Lessons Might Be Gained by ...?.- 11. Teaching Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah in Ireland: "If you don't understand, ask questions".- 12. Teaching Philip Roth in Denmark: It's Complicated.- 13. Teaching Post-Black Aesthetics and the Coming-of-Age Novels of Danzy Senna and Colson Whitehead in Portugal: Reconsidering the Gap.- 14. Teaching Marilynne Robinson, Democracy and the Mystery of American Belonging Through the PostChristian Eyes of Millennial Brits: "Homesick for a place I never left".- 15. Teaching Jesmyn Ward and William T. Vollmann in Finland: Genres of Environmental Justice.- Part IV: What Light from the Recent Past?.- 16. A Backward Glance o'er American Fiction in French Academia.- 17. American Literature: A Tale of Two Polands.- Part V: Additional Resources.- 18. Incorporating One's Own Literary Criticism into the Curriculum: The Teachable Essay via John Updike's Short Stories.- 19. Sources for Further Study.
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Contemporary American Fiction;European higher education;American studies;Teaching literature;American culture and politics;American novels