Anotace
This seminar focuses on contemporary British novels, specifically novels published from the late 1990s to the present. The aim is to provide students with an overview of the current situation and circumstances in British fiction, with emphasis on the most determining trends and thematic preoccupations of contemporary British novels. The seminars are organised in the form of moderated discussion on selected novels and their critical reflection, in combination with students' presentations on themes concerning various aspects of these novels, in terms of both form and content.
Students can choose which novels they are going to read, discuss and present from a given list of authors such as Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Peter Ackroyd, Kazuo Ishiguro, Graham Swift, Will Self, John Banville, Anne Enright, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali, Zadie Smith, Jim Crace, Adam Thirlwell, Pat Barker, A.S. Byatt, Sarah Waters, Allan Hollinghurst and Simon Mawer. Based on the sudents' choice, 4 novels are selected to be dealt with in the seminars.