| 0626.3044 סיפורי חניכה ברומן האמריקני | |
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| ד"ר מלאת שמיר | שו"ת |
| Few literary conventions teach us as much about the culture that produced them as the coming-of-age plot. In charting the transition from childhood to adulthood, this plot explores the most basic definitions governing normative identity in a given social setting. Little wonder, then, that this plot is one of the most widespread and vibrant forms in the US, where questions of individual and group identity, conformity and dissent, innocence and maturity, have always been central. This seminar will investigate the coming-of-age plot in a variety of 19th and 20th century American works of fiction, using the tools of genre theory, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis.
TEXTS will include fiction by Washington Irving, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Horatio Alger, William Faulkner, J.D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid. REQUIREMENTS: active participation, preparation of study questions, quizzes, and a seminar paper. | |
| מועדי הבחינות: | |
| מועד א' של סמסטר א' יתקיים ביום חסר בשעה 9:00 | |
| מועד ב' של סמסטר א' יתקיים ביום חסר בשעה 9:00 | |