Literature and Culture 1 2ENL512-2
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Obligatorisk litteratur
Obligatorisk litteratur 1. BOOKS TO ACQUIRE
Culler, J. (2011). Literary theory: A very short introduction (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Greenblatt, S. (Ed.). (2012). The Norton anthology of English literature, Vol. 2 (Three-volume box: D, E, F) (9th ed.). New York: Norton. (NE2)
Baym, N. (Ed.). (2013). The Norton anthology of American literature (Shorter 8th ed., Two-volume box). New York: Norton. (NA1 and NA2)
Orwell, G. (2000). Animal farm. London: Penguin.
Shakespeare, W. (1613/2004). Twelfth night (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Shelley, M. (2012). Frankenstein (2nd ed.). New York: Norton.
Lee, H. (1997). To kill a mockingbird. London: Arrow Books.
Collections of texts provided on Fronter:
A collection of literary texts not found in the Norton Anthologies will be available on Fronter prior to the first class (marked *).
A collection of culture-specific texts not found in the Norton Anthologies will be available on Fronter
prior to the first class (marked *).
Sources for the texts in the collections (for texts available online, links are provided):
Breidlid, A., Brøgger, F. C., Gulliksen, Ø. T., & Sirevåg, T. (Eds.). (1996). American culture:
. London: Routledge.
An anthology of civilization texts
Greenblatt, S. (Ed.). (2012). The Norton anthology of English literature, Vol. 1 (A, B, C) (9th ed.). New York: Norton. (NE1)
2. TEXTS TO READ NOVELS
Conrad, J. (1899/2012). Heart of darkness. (NE2, pp. 1951-2011) Fitzgerald, S. F. (1925/2000). The great Gatsby. London: Penguin. Lee, H. (1960/2010). To kill a mockingbird. London: Arrow Books.
Orwell, G. (1945/2000). Animal farm. London: Penguin.
Shelley, M. (1818/2012). Frankenstein (2nd ed.). New York: Norton.
Woolf, V. (1925/2012). Mrs. Dalloway. (NE2, pp. 2155-2264).
PLAYS
Shakespeare, W. (1613/2004) Twelfth night (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
SHORT FICTION
(All stories are found in NE2 and NA1/NA2)
Hawthorne, N. (1836). The minister’s black veil. (NA1, pp 636-645).
Jewett, S. O. (1886). A white heron. (NA2, pp. 413-419).
Crane, S. (1897). The open boat. (NA2, pp. 584-600)
Freeman, M. E. A. (1891). New-England nun. (NA2, pp. 439-446).
Joyce, J. (1914). The dead. (NE2, pp. 2282-2313).
Cather, W. (1928). Neighbour Rosicky. (NA2, pp. 679-699).
Lawrence, D.H. (1922). The Horse Dealer’s Daughter. (NE, pp. 2496).
POEMS
(Poems marked * will be posted on fronter or available online) Sonnets
* Shakespeare, W. (p1609). Sonnets 18 and 55. Retrieved from http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com
* Donne, J. (1633). Holy sonnet 10 (“Death, be not proud”). Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173363
* Milton, J. (c1652). When I consider how my light is spent. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174016#poem
Wordsworth, W. (1802). London, 1802. (NA2, p. 346).
Keats, J. (1818). When I have fears that I may cease to be. (NA2, p. 911).
Shelley, P. B. (1819). England 1819. (NA2, p. 790).
Browning, E. B. (c1845). Sonnet 21. (NA2, p. 1129).
* Lazarus, E. (1883). The new Colossus. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175887
* Updike, J. (1969). Love sonnet. Retrieved from
http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2009/01/love-sonnetbyjohn-updike-by-moira-egan
* Cope, W. (1999). From Strugnell’s love sonnets. Retrieved from
http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.no/2004/12/strugnell-sonnets-iv-wendy-cope.html
Yeats, W.B. (1916). Easter, 1916. (NE, pp. 2093).
Heaney, S. (1979). Causality. (NE, pp. 2957).
Other poems
Blake, W. (1789; 1794). The lamb. (NA2, p. 120); The Tyger. (NA2, p. 129).
Browning, R. (1842). My last duchess. (NA2, p. 1282).
Whitman, W. (1881). Song of myself, Sections 1, 2, 6 and 52 (NA2, pp. 24-25, 27-28, and 66).
Rossetti, C. (1859). Goblin market. (NA2, pp. 1496-1508).
Dickinson, E. (1862/1882) A bird came down the walk; The Bible is an antique volume.
(NA2, p. 88, 97).
Ginsberg, A. (1956). A supermarket in California. (NA2, p. 1364).
Pound, E. (1913). In a station of the metro; A pact. (NA2, p. 790).
Owen, W. (1917). Anthem for doomed youth. (NA2, p. 2034).
Williams, W. C. (1923). The red wheelbarrow; ‘Spring and all’ (NA2, p. 784 and 781).
Hughes, L. (1925). I, too. (NA2, p. 1039).
Erdrich, L. (1984). Dear John Wayne. (NA2, p. 1597)
CULTURE TEXTS
Texts are found in the Norton anthologies on your reading list. Texts marked with an asterisk (*) are
posted on fronter or available online (see links).
Identity: gender and the woman question in time
* Elizabeth, I. (1563). Speech to the House of Commons, January 28. (NE1, pp. 753-754).
Wollstonecraft, M. (1792). A vindication of the rights of women. (NE2, pp. 211-239).
Dew, T. R. (1835). From Differences between the sexes. (Breidlid et al., p. 102).
*The Seneca Falls Convention (1848). Declaration of sentiments and resolutions.
(Breidlid et al., pp. 103-105).
Patmote, C. (c1854). An angel in the house. (NE2, pp. 1613-14).
Pankhurst, E. (1913). Freedom or death. Speech. Retrieved from
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/apr/27/greatspeeches
* Friedan, B. (1963). That has no name. (Breidlid et al., pp. 115-120).
Faith: Religion and religious institutions
* An homily against disobedience and willful rebellion. (1547) (NE1, pp. 692-95).
Winthrop, J. (1630). A model of christian charity. (NA1, pp. 91-102).
Edwards, J. (1741). Sinners in the hands of an angry God. (NA1, pp. 209-220).
Emerson, R. W. (1841). Self-reliance. (NA1, pp. 549-566).
Crèvecoeur, J. H. ST. J. D. (1782). What is an American. (NA1, pp. 309-319).
Progress: Enlightenment, industrialization and migration
* Swift, J. (1729). A modest proposal. (NE1, pp. 2633-39).
Franklin, B. (1784). From Autobiography, part 2. (NA1, pp. 293-308).
Macauley, T. B. (1830). Evidence of progress. (NA2 pp. 1582-87).,
The Children’s Employment Commission. (1842). Child mine-workers in Yorkshire. (NE2, pp. 1587-89).
Wister, O. (1921). Shall we let the cuckoos crowd us out of our nest? (Breidlid et al., pp.
38-39).
World: other people and other places
* Thompson, J. (1740). Ode: Rule Britannia. (NE1, pp. 3023).
Red Jacket, (1805). Reply to the missionary Jacob Cram. (NA1, pp. 229-231).
Mukharji, T. N. (1889). From A visit to Europe. (NE2, pp. 1655-1659)
Chamberlain, J. (1897). The true conception of empire. (NE2, pp. 1662-1664) Hurston, Z. N. (1928). How it feels to be coloured me. (NA2, pp. 940-943).
* Truman, H. (1947). The Truman doctrine. (Breidlid et al., pp. 335-337) Churchill, W. (1946). The sinews of peace. (12 pages) Retrieved from
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1946-1963-elder-statesman/the-sinews-of-peace
King, M. L. (1963). I have a dream. (NA2, pp. 1395-1398).
Power: the development of political institutions
*Milton, J. (1649). From The tenure of kings and magistrates. (NE1, pp. 1846-49).
Bill of rights/Declaration of rights, England. (1689). Retrieved from
Jefferson, T. (1776). The declaration of independence. (NA1, pp. 339-344).
US Constitution (1787), with Bill of rights and amendments. Retrieved from https://www.usconstitution.net/const.pdf
Proclamation of an Irish Republic (1916). Retrieved from http://www.nli.ie/1916/pdf/1.intro.pdf
Orwell, G. (1946). Politics and the English language. (NE2, pp. 2610-2619).
LITERARY THEORY
Culler, J. (2011). Literary theory: A very short introduction (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(Approximately 1800 pages in total)
*NB: There may be minor changes.
Anbefalt litteratur
Recommended (optional):
Goring, P., Hawthorn, J., & Mitchell, D. (2010). Studying literature (2nd ed.). London:
Bloomsbury Academic.
