American Literature – II (Fiction and Drama)

Paper Code: 
ENG 423-A
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman

 

14.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire

 

11.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Rappaccini’s Daughter

Young Goodman Brown

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

 

11.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Toni Morrison 

The Bluest Eye

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Eric Bentley : In Search of Theatre (Knop, 1953)
  • Nadja Kolpsch: The American Dream in 20th Century American Drama
  • Boris Ford (ed.) : The New Pelican Guide to English Literature (Vol.9).
  • Robert A. A lbano: The Rise of American Drama
  • Lillian Hell: The Genesis off Modern American Drama
  • New Essays on the Short Stories of Natheniel Hawthorne
  • Maritta Schwartz: Telling and Writing as Means of Liberation in The Color Purple

 

Academic Year: 
2014-2015