American Literature – II (Fiction and Drama)

Paper Code: 
ENG 423- A
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

  • The course will enable the students to:

    • Develop their understanding towards reading literature written by a diverse group of authors whose fictional and dramatic works reveal the evolving American experience and character
    • Use selected literary texts to examine the historical, social and cultural contexts in which they were written

Course Learning Outcomes

The students will be able to:

  • Gain an understanding of the social, historical, literary and cultural developments in American literature
  • Identify the distinct literary characteristics and sensibility of American literature
12.00
Unit I: 
Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman

 

14.00
Unit II: 
Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire

 

11.00
Unit III: 
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Rappaccini’s Daughter

Young Goodman Brown

12.00
Unit IV: 
Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

 

11.00
Unit V: 
Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Bentley, Eric. In Search of Theatre. Knopf Doubleday, 1953.
  • Bigsby, C.W.E. Modern American Drama. 2nd ed. CUP, 2001.
  • Bloom, Harold. Death of a Salesman. Viva Books, 2012.
  • Ernory, Eliott, Scott Donaldson, and Elliott Donaldson. New Essays on Farewell to Arms. CUP, 1990.
  • Grewal, Gurleen. Circles of Sorrow, Lines of Struggle: The Novels of Toni Morrison. Louisinia State UP, 1998.
  • Janusz, Semrau. New Essays on the Short Stories of Natheniel Hawthorne. Peter Lang Publishers, 2012.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021