CURSUS: EUROPESE LITERATUURGESCHIEDENIS 1: Erec & Enide - Chrétien de Troyes
Als omstreeks 1170 de Erec et Enide verschijnt, is dat de eerste roman in het Frans die (deels) gebaseerd is op eigentijdse verhalen. De auteur, Chrétien de Troyes, sluit in de keuze van zijn onderwerp aan bij de groeiende belangstelling voor de legendarische koning Arthur en...
CURSUS KALEIDOSCOPE: Boek: House of leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
House of Leaves is the debut novel by the American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published by Pantheon Books. The novel quickly became a bestseller following its March 7 2000 release, having already developed a cult following through gradual release over the Internet. It was...
CURSUS KALEIDOSCOPE: Boek: Beloved - Toni Morrison
Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is haunted persistently by the ghost of the dead baby girl whom she sacrificed.
CURSUS KALEIDOSCOPE: Boek: Inferno - Alighieri Dante
The most famous of the three canticles that comprise The Divine Comedy, Inferno describes Dante's descent in Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls...
CURSUS KALEIDOSCOPE: Boek: A farewell to arms - Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway concerning events during the Italian campaigns during the First World War. The book, which was first published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant...
CURSUS KALEIDOSCOPE: Boek: Moon Palace - Paul Auster
'It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not believe there would ever be a future. I wanted to live dangerously, to push myself as far as I could go, and then see what happened when I got there.'
So begins the mesmerising...
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce...
CURSUS: POSTCOLONIAL EUROPE Boek: Beginning Postcolonialism - John McLeod
Postcolonialism has become one of the most exciting, expanding and challenging areas of literary and cultural studies today. Designed especially for those studying the topic for the first time, Beginning Postcolonialism introduces the major areas of concern in a clear,...
CURSUS: POSTCOLONIAL EUROPE. Boek: Migrant Cartographies - Sandra Ponzanesi
In recent years, Europe has had to constantly rethink and redefine its attitude toward new flows of immigrations. Issues of boundaries and identity have been integral to this reflection. Through a magnificent collection of essays, Migrant Cartographies examines both sites and...
