Contemporary British fiction is taught for Master 2 students, who are
studying Literature and Interdisciplinary Approaches. This course aims first to
introduce postmodernism and its main tenets to Master students. This course is divided into three chapters, which are multiculturalism,
dystopian literature and ecocriticism. The first chapter attempts
to define multiculturalism and explain its main concepts, which are racism,
hybridity, belonging and integration within the British culture. The second chapter aims to explain dystopian
literature and science fiction to show humans' fear of technology. It introduces
writers' expectations of technological advancement in people's lives in an
imaginative world. The last chapter revolves around ecocriticism,
which discusses humans' abuse and exploitation of the natural world because
they think that nature is inferior and a passive entity. This chapter focuses
on writers' representation of humans' relationship with the natural world.
- Enseignant: sarah CHABANE-CHAOUCH