Бакалавриат
2020/2021
Фантастическое в мировой литературе. Английский язык продвинутый
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Совместная программа по экономике НИУ ВШЭ и РЭШ)
Направление:
38.03.01. Экономика
Кто читает:
Отдел сопровождения учебного процесса в Совместном бакалавриате ВШЭ-РЭШ
Где читается:
Факультет экономических наук
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 3, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Контактные часы:
64
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course will explore world literature from the early 20th century to the present with a focus on the fantastic as a response to the upheavals and instability of modernity. We use the fantastic as a space for exploring our lived reality. It helps us to figure out who we are, but our fantastic texts also reveal what our society values and what we fear. Texts will include short stories, poetry, novels, and films.
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course is to help you develop the skills necessary to understand, break down, and critique someone else’s argument while also helping you develop a process for constructing and presenting your own ideas in a persuasive form.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Formulate an interesting research question that is appropriate to the assignment and available resources
- Locate, evaluate, and cite sources in the scholarly, journalistic, and popular domains
- Use in-text citations to distinguish sources’ words and ideas from the writer’s own
- Read, annotate, and analyze literature and film
- Reflect on their own practice and progress in weekly journals
- Identify and correct common grammar and vocabulary mistakes in English
- Revise in response to feedback from peer readers as well as the instructor
- Participate in oral discussion and debate in English, though, it should be stressed, this is not predominantly a speaking course
- Deliver a presentation in English
Course Contents
- Borges, Neruda, cosmopolitanism
- Lu Xun, Spirited Away, disability studies
- Kafka, disability studies
- Orientation, Setup, What does it the fantastic?
- Allende, magical realism, postcoloniality
- LeGuin, Jemisin, adaptation theory
- Okorafor, Africanfuturism
- Okorafor, feminism
- Okorafor, intersectionality
- G. Willow Wilson, graphic narrative studies
- Hopkinson, project proposal
- Project Workshop1) Consultation Week - conferences on project proposals 2) Project Draft 1, peer review 3) Book Presentations 4) Project Draft 2, peer review 5) Revision and Editing of final project submission
Assessment Elements
- Discussions, Activities100 pts. (approx)
- Weekly Journals (10 pts each, 2 lowest score will be dropped)130 pts.
- Analysis Assignments (100 pts each x 2)200 pts.
- Project Proposal25 pts.
- Project Conference (25 pts each x 2)50 pts.
- Project Draft 125 pts.
- Peer Review 125 pts.
- Project Draft 225 pts.
- Peer Review 225 pts.
- Final Project Submission200 pts.
- Book presentation100 pts.
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)To pass the course, a student must earn at least 65% of the points overall AND earn at least 65% of the points on the Final Submission of the Final Project and the Book Presentation. (In other words, a student cannot pass the class without passing the final two assignments.)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Nnedi Okorafor. (2019). Binti: The Complete Trilogy. DAW.
- West, D. (2016). Ms. Marvel. Vol. 1: No Normal. Library Journal, 141(1), 54.
- Williams, A. (2015). Ms. Marvel: Generation Why. School Library Journal, 61(5), 128.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Franz Kafka. (2015). Metamorphosis : {Illustrated}. eKitap Projesi.
- Isabel Allende. (2016). Amor : Amor y deseo según Isabel Allende: sus mejores páginas. PLAZA & JANES.
- Lu, X., & Lyell, W. A. (1990). Diary of a Madman and Other Stories. University of Hawaii Press.
- Neruda, P. (2003). Walking Around / Federico García Lorca presenting Pablo Neruda: Madrid, December 1934 / What Spain Was Like. American Poetry Review, 32(4), 3–7.