مادة دراسية
English 374 Survey of American Literature
King Saud University Course Syllabus
College of Arts Semester: II
Academic Year: 1436/1437 (2015/2016)
Instructor’s information:
Instructor’s name | Mohrah AlOtaibi |
Office Hours | Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10:00- 11:00 Wednesday 12:00-01:00 |
Office number | Building 1, Floor 3, Office #90 |
Email address | mohrah@ksu.edu.sa |
Website | http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/mohrah/home |
Course information:
Course Title | Survey of American Literature |
Course Number | 374 |
Course description | The course is a survey of American literature from 1620 to the present. The course starts with readings from Native American literature and then an emphasis on the major American writers’ writings. A novel is studied representative of the realistic literary period whose master is Mark Twain. |
Course Objectives (i.e. Learning Outcomes as specified in the Course Specifications) | Students should be able to: 1- Identify the major figures and major works of American literature. 2- Identify and explain the defining characteristics of American literary works. 3- Provide meaningful analysis of the discussed literary works. 4- Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual and social contexts of the literary works. |
Textbook | 1- A booklet will be available for purchase in the student copy center. 2- Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Supplementary Reading | The Norton Anthology of American literature 7th shorter ed. vols 1,2. |
Methods of assessment:
Type | Distribution of Marks | Date of Administration | Date of Feed-back (approximate)* |
Quiz (2) | 10% Each | 1st Quiz Thursday 18/2 2nd Quiz Thursday 7/4 |
Next Class |
Midterm (1) | 20% | Sunday 24/3 | 1-2 weeks |
Assignments | 10% | Throughout the semester
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1-2 weeks |
Research Paper | 10% | 10/3
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2-3 weeks |
Final Exam | 40% | End of semester | |
Additional notes (such as makeup policy): No make-ups will be offered for quizzes with or without an excuse. Late submissions of assignments will be penalized with a one-point-deduction each late day. Students who miss a midterm are supposed to provide me with an excuse for their absence. Only students with valid excuses will take a make-up exam. The exam will cover the entire syllabus and will take place during the review week. |
Weekly Syllabus:
Week | Topic | |
1 | Registration Week | |
2+3 | Introduction to American Literature Introduction to Early Native American Literature “They Came From the East” “The Beginning Sickness” |
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4 | The Historical, Social and Religious Background of the Colonial Period in America | |
5 | William Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation Anne Bradstreet- “The Prologue” , “To My Dear and Loving Husband” |
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6 | Introduction to the Revolutionary Period J. Hector St. John Creveceour- “Letters from an American Farmer” Phillis Wheatley- “On Being brought from Africa to America” |
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7+8+10 (9 is the Mid-semester break) |
Introduction to the Era of Expansion The Romance: Nathiel Hawthorne- “Young Goodman Brown” Edgar Allen Poe- “The Raven” Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson- “Self Reliance” |
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11+12 | Introduction to the Age of Realism Mark Twain- Huckleberry Finn |
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13 | Introduction to Modernism William Faulkner- “A Rose for Emily” Ezra Pound “In a Station of the Metro” Maya Angelou- “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” |
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14 | ||
15 | Review | |
Revision Week |