American Literature-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 511
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO103.  Understand the cultural history of America

CO104. Examine the literary trends in the literature of the age

CO105. Critically analyse the representative works of eminent American writers, for their themes and issues, style and treatment

CO106. Be exposed to a thorough and integrated study of literature with a deep, broad, diverse and transdisciplinary perspective and understanding

CO107. Recognise and summarize impact and intersections of race, class, gender and sexuality.

CO108. Examine the influence of historical context on the formation of local, national and global, political as well as social narratives.

9.00
Unit I: 

R.W. Emerson                                                

The American Scholar

 

9.00
Unit II: 

Walt Whitman                                               

Passage to India

On the Beach at Night

 

9.00
Unit III: 

Nathaniel Hawthorne                                   

The Scarlet Letter

 

9.00
Unit IV: 

Mark Twain                                                    

Adventures of Huckelberry Finn

 

9.00
Unit V: 

Edgar Allan Poe                                             

The Black Cat

The Tell Tale Heart

 

Emily Dickinson                                             

Because I Could not Stop for Death

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

The Soul Selects her Own Society

I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed 

Source Books: 

Egbert, S. Oliver. An Anthology: American Literature 1890-1965. Eurasia Publishing House, 1984.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Bloom Harold. The Scarlet Letter Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations. Infobase, 2007.

Ford, Boris. The New Pelican Guide to English Literature: American Literature Vol.9. Penguin, 1983.

Jacob, John. History of American Literature. Sublime Publications, 2005.

Mathiesson, F.O. American Renaissance Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman. OUP, 1973.

e-resources

https://americanliterature.com/books

http://www.emilydickinson.org/

 

Journals

Studies in American Fiction

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024