15DFK24 - Angela Carter's Novels

Course specification
Course title Angela Carter's Novels
Acronym 15DFK24
Study programme Language and Literature
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 10.0 Status
      Condition Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal The course is designed to introduce doctoral students to the novels written by Angela Carter, one of the most significant British female authors of the contemporary period.
      The outcome Students are familiar with the features of the novels of Angela Carter, as well as with the position the authoress takes within the wider context of contemporary British fiction. Students are able to apply and express literary interpretation effectively.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Angela Carter, contemporary British novel, feminist theory and engaged writing. Shadow Dance as parodic contemporary gothic fiction. Let’s begin countering patriarchal stereotypes: The Magic Toyshop. Several Perceptions: generation gap and the counterculture of the 60s. Heroes and Villains: the second stage of feminist engagement. Love and the issues of gender identity. Infernal Desire Machines of Dr Hoffman: picaresque novel and the possible worlds. The Passion of New Eve: myth and post-apocalyptic illusions. Magical realism in Nights At The Circus. Wise Children: a carnivalesque story from the margins.
      Contents of exercises Discussion on the topics related to the necessary secondary references.
      Literature
      1. J. Bristow, L. Broughton, Infernal Desire Machines of Angela Carter: Fiction, Femininity and Feminism, Longman, New York, 1997 (Original title)
      2. Charlotte Crofts, Anagrams of Desire: Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film and Television, Manchester University Press, 2003 (Original title)
      3. Aidan Day, Angela Carter: The Rational Glass, Manchester University Press, 1998 (Original title)
      4. Sarah Gamble, Angela Carter: A Literary Life, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 (Original title)
      5. Nina Muždeka, Magical Realism in Angela Carter's Novels, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, 2016
      6. Alison Lee, Angela Carter, Twayne Publishers, New York, 1997 (Original title)
      7. Linden Peach, Angela Carter, Macmillan Press, 1998 (Original title)
      8. Lorna Sage (Ed), Flesh and the Mirror: Essays on the Art of Angela Carter, Virago, London, 1994 (Original title)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      5 2
      Methods of teaching Lectures, literary analysis, discussion, self study
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures Test paper 60
      Practical lessons Oral examination
      Projects
      Colloquia
      Seminars 40
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