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ENGL 226 American Literature 2
Instructor: Ms. Kaitlyn Pinder
Summer Term 2013
May 2013 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:35 鈥 11:55 am
Full course description
Description: This course studies American Literature between and beyond Walt Whitman鈥檚 鈥渂arbaric yawp鈥 and the 鈥渉owl鈥 of Allen Ginsberg鈥檚 generation. It serves as an introduction to American Literature from 1865-1970, a period of remarkable economic, cultural, and imperial transformations that established the United States as a superpower of the twentieth century. Rapid transcontinental settlement, urbanization, industrialization, world war, and a shift from colonial to world power form the cultural and historical backdrop to this period of abundant and diverse literary production. In our study of the major works of this period, we will track the on-going life of foundational ideas in American literature and culture, and the way they are challenged, transformed, and adapted by writers who 鈥 because of their race, gender, and sexuality 鈥 did not always have a voice in 鈥淎merica.鈥 These foundational ideas include: individualism, freedom, democracy, revolution, and rebellion. As we proceed chronologically through the works in the course, we will also note how changes in aesthetic form and genre affect and challenge previous ideas of 鈥淎merica,鈥 and tune our discussions to racial, gender, and class politics implicit in the texts.
Texts:
Norton Anthology of American Literature 8th Edition Volumes C, D, and E
Mark Twain, Pudd鈥檔head Wilson (also available on Project Gutenberg)
Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
Recommended readings and listenings will be made available on MyCourses.
Evaluation:
In-class participation: 15%
Reading Quizzes (5 x 2%): 10%
Response Paragraphs (3 x 5%): 15%
Final Exam: 30%
Final Essay (1800-2000 words): 30%
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Format: Lectures and discussion
ENGL 314 20th Century Drama: Nations and Naturalism
Instructor: Ms. Amanda Clarke
Summer Term 2013
June 2013 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:35 - 11:55 am
Full course description
Texts:
Eight Modern Plays (Norton Critical Edition edited by Anthony Caputi))
J. M. Synge, Playboy of the Western World
Michel Tremblay, Les Belles-Soeurs
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
Brian Friel, Translations
Marie Jones, Stones in his Pockets
Evaluation:
Participation:15%
In-class Short Essay (June 13th):20%
Final Paper (6 pages, due July 4th):35%
Final Exam:30%
Format: Lecture, discussion, occasional in-class screenings. Average enrollment: 50