American Literature 2 - II - AAA110221
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Schedule Noticeboard
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LECTURE:
2. Early Republic through World War I (Procházka, Quinn, 16 weeks) The course focuses on some important features of American literature during the period of the search for national identity (the Revolution through the beginning of Civil War), especially on American Romanticism and Transcendentalism. The following period of the search for American democracy (the Civil War through World War I) includes the growth of Realism, Naturalism and Modernism. These developments are discussed in the context of the emergence and re-emergence of literary centers in the South, Mid- and Far West, of regionalism (local color) and of the beginnings of African American literature. SEMINAR: OBJECTIVES The course is focused on important texts in American literature from 1865 to 1914. While preference will be given to poems and short prose pieces all students will be expected to read at least two novels to allow the class to discuss them as a whole. MATERIAL The Norton Anthology of American Literature, vol. 2 + supplementary texts ASSESSMENT Record of attendance will be kept. To receive their credits all students will be obliged to make oral presentations. Graded essays of 2,000-3,000 words (písemná práce) will be evaluated separately. Last update: UAAZNOJE (17.07.2006)
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