Literature, culture and teaching English 2 2MEN5101-3
Pensum for studieåret
Obligatorisk litteratur
NOVELS
Achebe, C. (1958/2001). Things fall apart. London: Penguin Classics.
Alexie, S. & Forney, E. (art). (2007). The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York, Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Ness, P & Kay, J. (ill.). (2013). A monster calls. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Nb.: it is important that you buy the 2013 illustrated version.
Palacio, J. C. (2014). Wonder. London: Random House.
DIDACTIC LITERATURE
Flognfeldt, M. E., & Lund, R. E. (2016). English for teachers and learners. (pp. 15-27, 29-39, 75-78, 189-191, 199-203, 258-260, 267-271, 297-298, 302-307). Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Haukås, Å., & Speitz, H. (2018). Plurilingual learning and teaching. In H. Bøhn, M.
Dybdahl, & G.-A. Myklevold (Eds.), Teaching and learning English (pp. 303-22). Oslo:
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Obligatorisk litteratur - kompendier og
nettressurser
SLAVE NARRATIVES (EXCERPTS)
*Douglass, F. (1845/2013 In). Narratives of the life of Frederick Douglass, American slave w Chapters 1 and 6. In Baym, N. (Ed.),
ritten by himself, The Norton anthology of American
(shorter eighth ed., pp. 934-938; 946-949; 959-961).
literature: Beginnings to 1865: Vol. 1 New York: Norton. (Extracts)
*Jacobs, H. (1861/2013). Incidents in the life of a slave girl. In Baym, N. (Ed.), The Norton (shorter eighth ed., pp.
anthology of American literature: Beginnings to 1865: Vol. 1 818-839). New York: Norton. (Extracts)
SHORT STORIES
*Morrison, T. (1983/2013). Recitatif. In N. Baym. (Ed.), The Norton anthology of American l (shorter eighth ed., pp. 1401-1416). New York: London.
iterature: 1865 to the present: Vol. 2
*Orwell, G. (1936/2012). Shooting an elephant. In S. Greenblatt. (Ed.), The Norton (ninth ed., pp. 2604 – 2610). New York: Norton.
anthology of English Literature: Vol. F
Silko, L. M. (1969/1981). The man to send rain clouds. In Storyteller (pp. 182-186).
Arcade Publishing: New York.
*Silko, L. M. (1981/2013). Lullaby. In N. Baym. (Ed.), The Norton anthology of American l (shorter eighth ed., pp. 1543-1550). New York: Norton.
iterature: Vol. 2 POEMS
Agard, J. (1985). Listen Mr. Oxford don. In Mangoes and bullets. London: Pluto Press.
*Bennett, L. (1957/2012). Colonization in reverse. In S. Greenblatt. (Ed.), The Norton (ninth ed., pp. 2726-2727). New York: Norton.
anthology of English literature: Vol. F
*Brooks, G. (1981/2013). To the diaspora. In N. Baym. (Ed.), The Norton anthology of (shorter eighth ed., p. 1312). New York: Norton.
American literature: Vol. 2.
*Eliot, T. S. (1927/2012). Journey of the Magi. In S. Greenblatt. (Ed.), The Norton anthology (ninth ed., pp. 2546 – 2547). New York: Norton.
of English literature: Vol. F
*Kipling, R. (1899/2009). The white man’s burden. In E. Boehmer (Ed.), Empire writing: An (pp. 273-274). Oxford, New York: Oxford World anthology of colonial literature 1870-1918
Classics.
Senior, O. (1985). Colonial girls school. In Talking of trees. Calabash: University of Texas.
CULTURE / CIVILISATION / CRITICISM / THEORY:
*Achebe, C. (1977/2006). An image of Africa: Racism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of
In S. Greenblatt (Ed.), (8th ed.,
darkness. The Norton anthology of English literature: Vol. 2 pp. 2709-2714). New York: Norton.
Adichie, C. N. (2009). The danger of a single story [Ted Talks Global]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
*Chamberlain, J. (1897/2009). The true conception of empire. In E. Boehmer (Ed.), (pp. 212-215). Oxford, New Empire writing: An anthology of colonial literature 1870-1918
York: Oxford World Classics.
Cohen, J. J. (1996). Monster culture (seven theses). In Monster Theory (pp. 3-25). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Davis, W. (2014, Dec.3). Schooling the world | Wade Davis | TEDxWestVancouverED . Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwk2w-9aekA
*Edwards, J. D. (2008). Postcolonial literature: A reader’s guide to essential criticism. (pp.
28-39, 139-149). Milton Keynes, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
*Hobson, J. A. (1902/2009). The political significance of imperialism. In E. Boehmer (Ed.), Empire writing: An anthology of colonial literature 1870-1918 (pp. 295-297). Oxford, New York: Oxford World Classics.
*Lugard, F. (1926/2005). The value of British rule in the tropics to British democracy and the Native races. In G. Desai & S. Nair (Eds.), Postcolonialisms: An anthology of cultural
(pp. 35-45) Oxford: Berg.
theory and criticism .
Marr, C. J. (n.d.). Assimilation through education: Indian boarding schools in the Pacific Washington University Libraries. University of Washington. Retrieved from Northwest.
https://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html
Pratt, R. H. (1892/1973). Kill the Indian, and save the man. In The advantages of mingling Indians with Whites, Americanizing the American Indians: Writings by the “Friends of the
(pp. 260–271). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Retrieved Indian” 1880–1900
from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4929/
Roppolo, K. (2003). Symbolic racism, history, and reality: The real problem with
Indian mascots. In M. Moore (Ed.), Genocide of the mind: New Native American writing (pp.
187-199). New York: Thunder Mouth Press.
*Thiong’O, N. W. (1986/2012). Decolonising the mind. In S. Greenblatt. (Ed.), The Norton (pp. 2737-2741). New York: Norton.
anthology of English literature: Vol. F DIDACTIC LITERATURE AND THEORY
Nb.: Last year’s didactic syllabus will also be relevant for this semester!
Blair, M. (2000 / 2006). ‘Race’, school exclusions and human rights. In A. Osler (Ed.), (pp. 161-167). Stoke on Citizenship and democracy in schools: Diversity, identity, equality
Trent, Sterling, VA: Trentham Books Limited.
*Lütge, C. (2013). Otherness in children’s literature. Perspectives for the EFL classroom.
In J. Bland & C. Lütge (Eds.), Children’s literature in second language education (pp.
97-105). London: Bloomsbury.
Mackey, W. (1962 / 2000). The description of bilingualism. In The bilingualism reader (pp. 26-54). Routledge: London.
Mahan, K. R., & Brevik, L. M. (2013). “I can English very good” – engelske ordfeil blant norske elever og studenter. Bedre skole, (3), 34-39. Retrieved from
https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/diverse/utdanning-som-eblad/bedre-skole---arkiv/
*Munden, J., & Sandhaug, S. (2017). Culture and society. In Engelsk for secondary school (pp. 356-380). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.
*Munden, J., & Sandhaug, S. (2017). Literature. In Engelsk for secondary school (pp.
381-419). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.
*Ortega, L. (2009). Understanding second language acquisition (pp 31-2, 34-7, 42-4, 52-3. (11p); pp. 110, 116-18, 141-3 (7 p); pp. 145-6, 164-6 (5 pp); pp. 168, 189-90 (3 pp); pp. 192-3, 212-14 (5 pp). New York, London: Routledge.
Rindal, U. (2014). What is English? Acta Didactica 8,(2) (17 pp). Retrieved from https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/adno/article/view/1137
Rindal, U. (2016). “Riktig” engelsk uttale. Bedre skole, (1), 79-84. Retrieved from https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/diverse/utdanning-som-eblad/bedre-skole---arkiv/
Østberg, S. (2013 / 2017). Interkulturell kompetanse. In V. Bjarnø, M. E. Nergård, & F.
Aarsæther, Språklig mangfold: Didaktikk for flerspråklige klasserom (2nd ed., pp. 17-35).
Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.
Nb.: Minor changes in the syllabus may occur.
Anbefalt litteratur
Birketveit, A. & Williams, G. (Eds.). (2013). Literature for the English classroom: Theory into . Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.
practice
Bland, J., & Lütge, C. (Eds.). (2013). Children’s literature in second language education. London: Bloomsbury.
Edwards, J. D. (2008). Postcolonial literature: A reader’s guide to essential criticism. (pp.
150-159). Milton Keynes, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Fish, S. (1997). Boutique multiculturalism, or why liberals are incapable of thinking about hate speech. Critical Inquiry, 23(2), 378-395. Retrieved from
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1343988?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents Mustad, J. E. et al. (2012). Contemporary multicultural Britain: A multi-voiced narrative. In
(pp. 120-145). Oslo:
Modern Britain: Developments in contemporary British society Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
