BBL 3230 AMERICAN LITERATURE

INTRODUCTION

AMERICAN LITERATURE Learning Outcome: Students are able to- 1. Trace the background and major

writings of the literary periods from the beginning to the present day.

2. Demonstrate the themes, ethics and values reflected in American literature which continue in American culture today.

3. Identify the characteristics and styles of a distinctively American Literature of the periods.

4. Identify and manage relevant information about cultural norms.

ASSESMENT 1. Assignment 1-10% 2. Mid term Exam-30% 3. Assignment 2-20% 4. Finals-40%

WEEK 1 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR

AMERICAN LITERATURE -MYTHS -LEGENDS -ARCHETYPES

WEEK 2 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL

CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES

- COLONIALISM -NATIONALISM

WEEK 3 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL

CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES

-COLONIALISM -NATIONALISM -THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT -THE AMERICAN DREAM

WEEK 4 THEMES OF MAJOR COLONIAL

WRITERS (1600-1790) -RELIGIOUS FAITH -AMERICAN VERSUS BRITISH

IDENTITY

WEEK 5 ARCHITECTS OF CULTURE. THE

NEW REPUBLIC (1790-1820) -THE AGE OF REASON -THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

WEEK 6 ROMATICISM AND

TRANSCENDENTALISM ON AMERICAN SOIL (1820-1865)

-NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL THE CIVIL WAR

WEEK 7 ROMANTICISM AND

TRANSCENDENTALISM IN AMERICAN SOIL (1820-1865)

-NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL -THE CIVIL WAR -THE GOTHIC TRADITION

WEEK 8 REALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM : THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN

AMERICA (1865-1900) -REGIONAL WRITING -LITERARY REALISM AND

NATURALISM

WEEK 9 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) -THE WORLD WARS

WEEK 10 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) -THE WORLD WARS

-THE SOUTHERN TALE

WEEK 11 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945)

- THE JAZZ AGE

WEEK 12 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE

MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) - THE JAZZ AGE - MODERNISM 

WEEK 13 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE

CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1945 TO THE PRESENT)

- THE BEAT GENERATION - POSTMODERNISM

WEEK 14 THE COLONIAL AND THE COLONIZED

-BLACK AMERICAN WRITING -DIASPORIC WRITING