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BBL 3230 AMERICAN LITERATURE

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.

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BBL 3230 AMERICAN LITERATURE

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  1. BBL 3230 AMERICAN LITERATURE INTRODUCTION

  2. 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.

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

  4. WEEK 1 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE -MYTHS -LEGENDS -ARCHETYPES

  5. WEEK 2 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES - COLONIALISM -NATIONALISM

  6. WEEK 3 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES -COLONIALISM -NATIONALISM -THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT -THE AMERICAN DREAM

  7. WEEK 4 THEMES OF MAJOR COLONIAL WRITERS (1600-1790) -RELIGIOUS FAITH -AMERICAN VERSUS BRITISH IDENTITY

  8. WEEK 5 ARCHITECTS OF CULTURE. THE NEW REPUBLIC (1790-1820) -THE AGE OF REASON -THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  9. WEEK 6 ROMATICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM ON AMERICAN SOIL (1820-1865) -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL THE CIVIL WAR

  10. WEEK 7 ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM IN AMERICAN SOIL (1820-1865) -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL -THE CIVIL WAR -THE GOTHIC TRADITION

  11. WEEK 8 REALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM : THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA (1865-1900) -REGIONAL WRITING -LITERARY REALISM AND NATURALISM

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

  13. WEEK 10 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) -THE WORLD WARS -THE SOUTHERN TALE

  14. WEEK 11 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) - THE JAZZ AGE

  15. WEEK 12 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) - THE JAZZ AGE - MODERNISM 

  16. WEEK 13 MAJOR WRITERS OF THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1945 TO THE PRESENT) - THE BEAT GENERATION - POSTMODERNISM

  17. WEEK 14 THE COLONIAL AND THE COLONIZED -BLACK AMERICAN WRITING -DIASPORIC WRITING

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