School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
This course will examine how American novels remain inextricably tied to their cultural and historical contexts. In addition, the course will focus on the formal development of the American novel in American literary history. and thematic development and trace the contrasting interpretations of the American experience over time. will exhibit.
Textbook and / or References
Emory Elliott's The Columbia History of the American Novel; Cassuto, et. al. The Cambridge of the Amercian Novel
Twain's Huckleberry Finn; Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath; Morrison's Beloved
This course aims to enable students to grasp the dynamism of the American novel within a history that includes world wars, global economic depression and mass migration, urbanization and modernization.
1. Students will demonstrate that American/United States identities expressed through American novels will learn the basic concepts and principles that are central to its formation.
Week 1: Early America: From Colony to Early Republic (1700s-1830s)
Week 2: Early America: From Colony to Early Republic (1700s-1830s)
Week 3: "Romantic" 19th Century (1830-1880)
Week 4: "Romantic" 19th Century (1830-1880)
Week 5: Early 20th Century (1880-1920)
Week 6: Early 20th Century (1880-1920)
Week 7: The Long 20th Century (1920-1960)
Week 8: The Long 20th Century (1920-1960)
Week 9: The Long 20th Century • Towards the Present (1960-2000)
Week 10: The Long 20th Century • Towards the Present (1960-2000)
Week 11: The 21st Century and the Future of the American Novel
Week 12: The 21st Century and the Future of the American Novel
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Final presentation 15 %
• Reading Assignments 15 %
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