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Naziv kolegija: American Literature: A Cultural Study of post-WWII America

Course title: American Literature: A Cultural Study of post-WWII America

Instructor: Fulbright Scholar, Mark Metzler Sawin

ECTS credits: 6

Semester: 4th or 6th

Status: elective

Student's work-load: regular attendance and active participation in the seminar (10%); 8-10 page thesis essay (40%); mid-term & final exam (25% each).

Course description: This course will be a cultural study of the United States from 1940 to the present.  We will examine a wide range of cultural documents, ranging from literature and film to music and theater, all within the historical, political, social and cultural themes of the times.  Classes will include both lecture and discussion components and students must expect to also dedicate time to watching several films outside of class. 

Reading:

Primary texts:

- Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

- Anne Moody: selections from Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968)

- Tim O'Brien: The Things They Carried (1990)

- Douglas Coupland: Generation X (1992)

- El Fisgón: How to Succeed at Globalization (2004)

- A series of essays, short stories, & exerpts from various authors

- A series of films including: Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Malcolm X (1992), Dr. Strangelove (1964), All the President’s Men (1976), Rambo, First Blood II (1985), Real Women Have Curves (2002), Crash (2004)

Secondary readings:

- Series of handouts