Details

Faculty	Faculty of Humanities
Domain	English
Code	UE-L06.01157
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Proseminar
Level	Bachelor
Semester	SA-2021

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule

Thursday 15:15 - 17:00, Hebdomadaire (Autumn semester)

Teaching

Responsibles	Straub Julia
Teachers	Straub Julia
Description	The short story is a versatile literary genre which has thrived since the 19th century in the English-speaking world and beyond. In this proseminar we will focus on this genre in order to explore perennial topics such as relationships, love and the family, but also more contemporary issues related to e.g., environmental crisis, migration, Brexit or digitization. We will discuss the short story from a theoretical angle and study its history before turning to selected examples by authors such as Zadie Smith, A. L. Kennedy, Ali Smith, William Boyd and Bernardine Evaristo.
Training objectives	At the end of the seminar students will Be able to situate the short story within the development of English literature. Be able to give persuasive accounts of short stories both orally and in writing. Have improved their analytical skills and their ability to connect literary works to their cultural contexts.
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	No
Mobility	No
UniPop	No

Documents

Bibliography

Short stories and other material will be made available on Moodle. We will draw upon The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story (ed. Philip Hensher. London: Penguin, 2018) a lot, but not exclusively. If students wish to have a book to hold on to, this would be a good start!

Séminaire - Outside session

Assessments methods

By rating, By success/failure