5EN488, 7,5 hp, Avancerad nivå
Amerikansk humor
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- Huvudgrupp 1 › Primärtexter: Filmklipp. Fotokopierat material.
- Huvudgrupp 1 › Kritiska verk: Läsanvisningar ges av läraren.
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Huvudgrupp 1 › Primärtexter
The hasty-pudding: a poem, in three cantos
Barlow, Joel, Spooner, Judah Padock
1796, ] at the printing-office in Fairhaven
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Barlow, Joel; Spooner, Judah Padock, The hasty-pudding: a poem, in three cantos., [Fairhaven, Vt.], Printed and sold [by J.P. Spooner,] at the printing-office in Fairhaven, [1796]
The Sellout
Beatty, Paul
2016, Picador
ISBN 9781250083258, print
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Beatty, Paul, The Sellout, Picador USA, 2016
Rules for reducing a great empire to a small one. By the late Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. Dedicated to ... Lord Loughborough. To which is subjoined the Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the United States of America...
Franklin, Benjamin
1793, printed for James Ridgway
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Franklin, Benjamin, Rules for reducing a great empire to a small one. By the late Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. Dedicated to ... Lord Loughborough. To which is subjoined the Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the United States of America..., London, printed for James Ridgway, 1793 (Finns även i Norton Anthology of American Literature.)
The vegetable, or From president to postman
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
A new ed., 1976, Scribner
ISBN 9780684146225, print
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott, The vegetable, or From president to postman, A new ed., New York, Scribner, 1976
The May-pole of Merry Mount
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
1996, University of Virginia Library
ISBN 9780585222684, e-book
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, The May-pole of Merry Mount, Charlottesville, Va., University of Virginia Library, 1996 (Finns även i Norton Anthology of American Literature)
The legend of Sleepy Hollow
Irving, Washington
Project Gutenberg
ISBN 9780585004617, e-book
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Irving, Washington, The legend of Sleepy Hollow, Champaign, Ill., Project Gutenberg, [199-?] (Finns även i Norton Anthology of American Literature)
Rip Van Winkle
Irving, Washington
Alex Catalogue
ISBN 9780585065694, e-book
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Irving, Washington, Rip Van Winkle, Raleigh, N.C., Alex Catalogue, [199-?] (Finns även i Norton Anthology of American Literature)
Hop-frog
Poe, Edgar Allan
University of Virginia Library
ISBN 9780585206479, e-book
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Poe, Edgar Allan, Hop-frog, Charlottesville, Va., University of Virginia Library, [199-?] (Finns även i Norton Anthology of American Literature)
Portnoy's complaint
Roth, Philip
[New ed.], 2005, Vintage
ISBN 9780099399018, print
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Roth, Philip, Portnoy's complaint, [New ed.], London, Vintage, 2005
A confederacy of dunces
Toole, John Kennedy
2000, Penguin Books
ISBN 9780141182865, print
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Toole, John Kennedy, A confederacy of dunces, London, Penguin, 2000
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: an authoritative text, contexts and sources, criticism
Twain, Mark
third edition, 1999, Norton
ISBN 9780393966404, print
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Twain, Mark, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: an authoritative text, contexts and sources, criticism, 3rd ed, New York, Norton, cop. 1999
Cat's cradle
Vonnegut, Kurt
2008, Penguin
ISBN 9780141189345, print
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Vonnegut, Kurt, Cat's cradle, London, Penguin, 2008
Huvudgrupp 1 › Kritiska verk
On humour
Critchley, Simon
2002, Routledge
ISBN 9780415251204, print
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Critchley, Simon, On humour, London, Routledge, 2002
Other reading (not marked as required)
Huvudgrupp 1 › Primärtexter
The reivers: a reminiscence
Faulkner, William
1996, Vintage
ISBN 9780099585817, print
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Faulkner, William, The reivers: a reminiscence, London, Vintage, 1996, c1996 (Examination text)
The shipment: Lear
Lee, Young Jean.
1st ed., 2010, Theatre Communications Group
ISBN 9781559363563, print
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Lee, Young Jean., The shipment: Lear, 1st ed., New York, Theatre Communications Group, ℗♭2010 (Examination text)
Pnin
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič
1983, Ardis
ISBN 9780882337371, print
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič, Pnin, Ann Arbor, Mich., Ardis, 1983 (Examination text)
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