English Studies

G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S
Quality
assurance
methods
1. Self-evaluation
2. Student feedback via questionnaires and surveys.
3. Lecturers responsible for the same subject area collaborate closely
and monitor each other’s work.
Course title Multiculturalism, identity, literature: Canada and USA
Course code HZE709
ECTS 3 ECTS credits
Name of
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Learning
outcomes and
competences
Recommended
reading
Dr. sc. Boris Škvorc, Associate Professor.
Mr.sc. Gordan Matas / Mr.sc. Antonija Primorac, Assistants
After the completion of the course students should be able to understand
various approaches to the study of multiculturalism and identity in the
literatures of Canada and the United States. Students will gain the needed
theoretical knowledge and practical experience while reading and analyzing
the literary texts that address the issues of multiculturalism and identity in
the USA and Canada. Students should also be able to compare and contrast
the manners of dealing with these issues in both countries.
Sherman Alexie, Reservation Blues (1995)
Neil Bisoondath, Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada
(excerpts, revised edition 2002)
Dionne Brand, Sans Souci and Other Stories (1989)
Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (1984)
Jumpa Lahiri, Namesake. Dir. Mira Nair (2007).
Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance (2001)
Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987)
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (1992)
M.G. Vassanji, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003)
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club (1989)
Hutcheon, Linda and Richmond, Marion. (eds) Other Solitudes: Canadian
Multicultural Fictions . Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1990. (excerpts)
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