American Literature-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 611
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
1
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Further their understanding of the cultural history of America
  • Be familiar withthe later literary trends in American literature
  • Critically engage withrepresentative literary works within the wider framework of socio-political and historical realities

 

 

Robert Frost                                                                 

Stopping by Woods….

The Most of It

The Gift Outright

Tree at my Window

Provide Provide

The Road not Taken

Arthur Miller                                                                

The Crucible

Eugene O’ Neil

The Hairy Ape

F. Scott Fitzgerald                                                     

The Great Gatsby

Alice Walker                                                                 

The Color Purple

Source Books: 

Source Books:

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

Vendler, Helen.ed. The Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. Faber& Faber,2003.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

Bloom, Harold. Robert Frost. Chelsea Publishers,2003.

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

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

Prigozy, Ruth. The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott. Fitzgerald. CUP, 2002.

Singh, Pramila. Arthur Miller and His Plays. H.K. Publishers, 1990.

 


 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021