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Contemporary American Fiction in the European Classroom : Teaching and Texts / / edited by Laurence W. Mazzeno, Sue Norton
| Contemporary American Fiction in the European Classroom : Teaching and Texts / / edited by Laurence W. Mazzeno, Sue Norton |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Disciplina |
809.9335480712
810.7104 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature
America - Literatures Literature, Modern - 20th century North American Literature Twentieth-Century Literature |
| ISBN |
9783030941666
3030941663 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: American Fiction Abroad -- Part I: Why Teach ...? -- 2. Toni Morrison's A Mercy in Hungary: Racialized Discourse in the Classroom -- 3. Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown in Europe as an Evaluative Tool of U.S. Race Relations: "When you think American, what color do you see?" -- 4. Octavia Butler at a Swedish University: Gender, Genre, and Intercultural Encounters -- 5. John Updike in Serbia -- 6. Contemporary American Women Writers in Romania -- Part II: How to Teach ...? -- 7. Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace: Contextualizing the "Systems Novel" in Estonia -- 8. Donald Barthelme at Sorbonne University: Narrative, Internet Memes, and "The Rise of Capitalism" -- 9. The (Post)Apocalypse in Hungary: American Science Fiction and Social Analysis -- 10. Gloria Anzaldúa at European Universities: Straddling Borders of Fiction and Identity -- Part III: What Lessons Might Be Gained by ...? -- 11. Teaching Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah in Ireland: "If you don't understand, askquestions" -- 12. Teaching Philip Roth in Denmark: It's Complicated -- 13. Teaching Post-Black Aesthetics and the Coming-of-Age Novels of Danzy Senna and Colson Whitehead in Portugal: Reconsidering the Gap -- 14. Teaching Marilynne Robinson, Democracy and the Mystery of American Belonging Through the PostChristian Eyes of Millennial Brits: "Homesick for a place I never left" -- 15. Teaching Jesmyn Ward and William T. Vollmann in Finland: Genres of Environmental Justice -- Part IV: What Light from the Recent Past? -- 16. A Backward Glance o'er American Fiction in French Academia -- 17. American Literature: A Tale of Two Polands -- Part V: Additional Resources -- 18. Incorporating One's Own Literary Criticism into the Curriculum: The Teachable Essay via John Updike's Short Stories -- 19. Sources for Further Study. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910559389803321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fiction and Poetry to Help Us Age : Criticism and Reflections by Professors of Literature / / edited by Laurence W. Mazzeno, Sue Norton
| Fiction and Poetry to Help Us Age : Criticism and Reflections by Professors of Literature / / edited by Laurence W. Mazzeno, Sue Norton |
| Autore | Mazzeno Laurence W |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 pages) |
| Disciplina | 801.95 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NortonSue |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature - History and criticism
Fiction Poetry Literature, Modern - 20th century Literary Criticism Fiction Literature Poetry and Poetics Twentieth-Century Literature |
| ISBN | 3-031-93486-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Our life is not our life merely the story we have told about our life Julian Barness The Sense of an Ending -- Chapter 3: Unveiling the Shared Struggles Aging Abandonment and the Odyssey of Women in Elena Ferrantes The Days of Abandonment and Euripides Medea -- Chapter 4: Aging Illness and Storytelling in Sigrid Nunezs What Are You Going Through -- Chapter 5: Grief and Grievance Poetry and Politics in Robert Frost -- Chapter 6: Updikes Toward the End of Time A Meditation on Aging Imagining Other Worlds and the Landscape of Haven Hill -- Chapter 7: I shall therefore take the liberty of treating her as a character Growing Older with David Lodges Nice Work -- Chapter 8: Confronting Old Age in William Boyds Any Human Heart Isolation Fragility and Unpredictability -- Chapter 9: Readerly Connections in Ian McEwans Lessons and Life and Death Coaching -- Chapter 10: The Light of those Stars Only Reaching Me Now Paula Meehans Steady Gaze in As if by Magic Selected Poems -- Chapter 11: Reading is a Gift Why John Irvings Novels Might Matter More as We Age -- Chapter 12: Toni Morrison Wise Elders the Help Us Age -- Chapter 13: Suspended Time Arlene Heyman and Aging -- Chapter 14: Coming of Age in Namwali Serpells The Old Drift or the Aging of Postcolonial Fiction -- Chapter 15: Tuesdays with Lorrie -- Chapter 16: Scaling the Ladder of Years Anne Tylers Trilogy of Aging -- Chapter 17: Age and Aging in Some Short Stories by Flannery OConnor -- Chapter 18: From Ancestor Worship to Progeny Worship Barbara Kingsolvers Flight Behavior -- Chapter 19: Aging and Consolation in the Later Poetry of Thomas Hardy. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911020414703321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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