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Literature and Politics

ВК 2

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2024/2025

4 Semester

4

PLO 23 The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".

Full-time form

Prior to taking the course, students are expected to: - be familiar with the major stages in the development of foreign literature, key philosophical and aesthetic movements and trends, as well as the set texts studied within compulsory educational components; - apply core concepts of literary theory and literary history accurately; - demonstrate sufficient skills in the literary analysis and interpretation of literary texts.

The course introduces students to interdisciplinary approaches to literary text analysis within the framework of the relationship between literature and politics. It develops skills in analysing and interpreting utopian and dystopian fiction, the political novel, the dictator novel, 9/11 literature, and political essay writing. Special attention is paid to the impact of political events on literary production, as well as to the issues of propaganda, terrorism, war, political freedom and unfreedom, totalitarianism, and repression. The course also focuses on the prognostic and ideological functions of literature and on the potential of interdisciplinary research for designing literature-oriented courses in professional pre-higher and higher education.

Buschmeier M., & Glesener J. E. (eds.). European Literatures of Military Occupation: Shared Experience, Shifting Boundaries, and Aesthetic Affections. 2024. Hadjiyiannis C., Potter R. (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature and Politics. 2022. Colas S. Postmodernity in Latin America: The Argentine Paradigm. 1994. Cole M. B. Fear the Future: Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century. 2025.

The course includes the following learning activities: oral responses, supplementary responses, participation in class discussions, mini-presentations involving audio-visual materials, note-taking based on literary and critical sources, presentations of individual projects, and a final test consisting of multiple-choice and open-ended questions. The main teaching methods include lectures, seminar classes, individual project work, and guided self-study.

The final grade for the course is calculated as the sum of points earned through ongoing assessment and does not require any additional forms of final assessment. Ongoing assessment includes the following types of work: performance in seminar classes (oral responses, supplementary responses, participation in discussions, and mini-presentations involving audio-visual materials) – max 40 / min 24 points; analytical review of scholarly sources – max 10 / min 6 points; presentation of an individual project – max 20 / min 12 points; completion of the final test (multiple-choice and open-ended questions) – max 30 / min 18 points. The total score for all forms of ongoing assessment is max 100 / min 60 points. Final point correlation scale According to 100-point scale Mark according to national scale 60–100 Passed 0–59 Fail

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