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.

10/7/2015 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 ( )  -RELIGIOUS FAITH  -AMERICAN VERSUS BRITISH IDENTITY

WEEK 5  ARCHITECTS OF CULTURE. THE NEW REPUBLIC ( )  -THE AGE OF REASON  -THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

WEEK 6  ROMATICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM ON AMERICAN SOIL ( )  -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  THE CIVIL WAR

WEEK 7  ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM IN AMERICAN SOIL ( )  -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  -THE CIVIL WAR  -THE GOTHIC TRADITION

WEEK 8  REALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM :  THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA ( )  -REGIONAL WRITING  -LITERARY REALISM AND NATURALISM

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

WEEK 10  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( ) - THE WORLD WARS  -THE SOUTHERN TALE

WEEK 11  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( )  - THE JAZZ AGE

WEEK 12  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD ( )  - 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