American Literature-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 611
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to understand the evolution and development of American Literature.
  • To acquaint the students with major American Literary Movements, trends, writers and their traits.
7.00
Unit I: 
Robert Frost

Stopping by Woods…

The Most of It

The Gift Outright

Tree at my Window 

Provide Provide

The Road not Taken
10.00
Unit II: 
Arthur Miller

The Crucible

10.00
Unit III: 
Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

10.00
Unit IV: 
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

8.00
Unit V: 
Alice Walker

The Color Purple

Source Books: 

Source Books:

 Egbert, Oliver,ed. An Anthology: American Literature 1890-1965. New Delhi: Eurasia Publishing , 2002.Print.

Vendler, Helen.ed. The Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. UK: Faber,2003.Print.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Bloom, Harold. Robert Frost. Philadelphia: Chelsea Publishers,2003.Print.

Gray, Richard. A Brief History of American Literature. UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2011.Print.

Klopsch, Nadja. The American Dream in 20th Century American Drama. Munich: Grin Verlag, 2013.Print.

Prigozy, Ruth. The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott. F. New York: CUP, 2002.Print.

Roulane, Mathew C, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams. Cambridge: CUP, 1977.Print.

Singh, Pramila. Arthur Miller and His Plays. New Delhi: H.K. Publishers, 1990.Print.

Academic Year: 
2018-2019