eng3al american literature

AMERICAN LITERATURE

ENG3AL

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Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject we will focus on American poetry and fiction in the latter half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. During this period American writers frequently explored questions of identity in relation to processes of national identity formation. The selected texts explore subjects and themes that challenges some of the most potent and long-cherished myths of the American dream. These include: the counterhistories of African Americans, women and minorities, the unchecked growth of mass consumerism, the global catastrophe of a world war, and nuclear proliferation.

FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsYes

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Subject rules

Prerequisites 45 credit points of second-year English, or co-ordinator's approval.

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjects HUM2AL, HUM3AL

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource TypeTitleResource RequirementAuthor and YearPublisher
ReadingsArielPrescribedPlath, SylviaLONDON: FABER & FABER, 1965
ReadingsBeloved,PrescribedMorrison, T.VINTAGE 1997
ReadingsHandouts given in classPrescribedDickinson, EmilyN/A
ReadingsSlaughterhouse-five, or The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death,PrescribedVonnegut, K.DELACORTE PRESS 1969
ReadingsThe Human StainPrescribedRoth, PhilipLONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 2000
ReadingsThe RoadPrescribedMcCarthy, CormacNEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 2006
ReadingsTo Kill a MockingbirdPrescribedHarper, LeeNEW YORK: HARPER COLLINS, 2010

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