American Literature-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 611
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
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
8.00
Unit I: 

Robert Frost                                                                 

Stopping by Woods….

The Most of It

The Gift Outright

Tree at my Window

Provide Provide

The Road not Taken

9.00
Unit II: 

Arthur Miller                                                                

The Crucible

9.00
Unit III: 

Eugene O' Neil                                             

The Hairy Ape

9.00
Unit IV: 

F. Scott Fitzgerald                                                     

The Great Gatsby

10.00
Unit V: 

Alice Walker                                                                 

The Color Purple

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: 
2019-2020