1. اسم المقرر ……Introduction to American Literature…
د Dr. Bassam Abuzeid .
جامعة الملك فيصل
عمادة التعلم الإلكتروني والتعليم عن بعد 1

2. عنوان المحاضرة
Introduction

3. Distribution of Grades How to contact me?
عناصر المحاضرة
مقدمة
Course Syllabu
Distribution of Grades
How to contact me?

4. مقدمة:
King Faisal University Deanship of E-Learning & Distance Education Department of English Language Tentative Course Syllabus Course: Introduction to American Lit. Instructor: Dr. Bassam Abuzeid English 487________________________________________________

5. عنوان......... COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The course aims at exposing the students of English language and literature to different literary and cultural canons of the English speaking world.
Through the wide scope of reading, the course aims at giving the students an ample opportunity to trace the development of American literature being dependent on the English literature to be a real independent and even influential in it.
The course aims at exposing the students to the intercultural nature of the American literature.
One of the main objectives of the course is to develop the student's literary taste and analytical and critical skills.

6. TEXTBOOKS: Murphy, F, H. Parker et. Al. eds
TEXTBOOKS: Murphy, F, H. Parker et. Al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 1. New York & London: Norton & Co. (recent edition) Bayn, Nina, et. al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 2. New York & London: Norton & Co. (recent edition) Abrams, M.H. et.al. eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 1.London & New York: Norton & Company. (Recent Edition) Emerson, Everett (Editor), Major Writers of Early American Literature Various Internet Website

7. EVALUATION: Topics for Discussion 10 Quizzes 10 Live Lectures 10 Final Exam 70 Total 100 points

8. Week Topic Week One General and Brief Introduction to American Literature Week Two Colonial Literature Week Three Romanticism Week Four Realism Week Five Naturalism Week Six Modernism

9. Week Seven Harlem Renaissance Week Eight Poetry: Because I Could Not Stop for Death & Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson Week Nine Fiction: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Week Ten Fiction: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Week Eleven Fiction: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Week Twelve Fiction: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Week Thirteen Drama: Trifles by Susan Glaspell's Week Fourteen Course Revision

10. Telephone number: 0547755618 Office: Extension 1845 + 26 E-mail: babuzeid@kfu.edu.sa

12. بحمد الله