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INTRODUCTION

 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.

Essay One (10%) – Due week 6 Mid semester examination (30%)Essay Two (20%) – Due week 12Final examination (40%)

 WE will only read two novels this semester:  1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald  2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.  (It is suffice if you read any e-book or the summary. For exam, I will tell you what to read)

 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE  -MYTHS  -LEGENDS  -ARCHETYPES

 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES  - COLONIALISM  -NATIONALISM

 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES  -COLONIALISM  -NATIONALISM  -THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT  -THE AMERICAN DREAM

 THEMES OF MAJOR COLONIAL WRITERS ( )  -RELIGIOUS FAITH  -AMERICAN VERSUS BRITISH IDENTITY  ASSIGNMENT QUESTION WILL BE POSTED

 ARCHITECTS OF CULTURE. THE NEW REPUBLIC ( )  -THE AGE OF REASON  -THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 ROMATICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM ON AMERICAN SOIL ( )  -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  THE CIVIL WAR  ASSIGNMENT DUE

 ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM IN AMERICAN SOIL ( )  -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  -THE CIVIL WAR  -THE GOTHIC TRADITION

 REALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM :  THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA ( )  -REGIONAL WRITING  -LITERARY REALISM AND NATURALISM

 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( ) -THE WORLD WARS  ASSIGNMENT QUESTION WILL BE POSTED

 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( ) - THE WORLD WARS  -THE SOUTHERN TALE

 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( )  - THE JAZZ AGE

 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( )  - THE JAZZ AGE  - MODERNISM  ASSIGNMENT DUE

 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1945 TO THE PRESENT)  - THE BEAT GENERATION  - POSTMODERNISM

 THE COLONIAL AND THE COLONIZED  -BLACK AMERICAN WRITING  -DIASPORIC WRITING