INTRODUCTION
 Learning
Outcome:
 Students are able to 1. Trace the background and major writings
of the literary periods from the beginning to
the present day.
 2. Demonstrate the themes, ethics and
values reflected in American literature which
continue in American culture today.
 3. Identify the characteristics and styles of a
distinctively American Literature of the
periods.
 4. Identify and manage relevant information
about cultural norms.
Essay One (10%) – Due week 6
Mid semester examination (30%)
Essay Two (20%) – Due week 12
Final examination (40%)
 WE
will only read two novels this semester:
 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
 2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.
 (It is suffice if you read any e-book or the
summary. For exam, I will tell you what to
read)
 CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK FOR
AMERICAN LITERATURE
 -MYTHS
 -LEGENDS
 -ARCHETYPES
 THE
AMERICAN NATIONAL
CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE
THEMES
 - COLONIALISM
 -NATIONALISM
 THE
AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND
REPRESENTATIVE THEMES
 -COLONIALISM
 -NATIONALISM
 -THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT
 -THE AMERICAN DREAM
 THEMES
OF MAJOR COLONIAL
WRITERS (1600-1790)
 -RELIGIOUS FAITH
 -AMERICAN VERSUS BRITISH
IDENTITY
 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION WILL BE
POSTED
 ARCHITECTS
OF CULTURE. THE NEW
REPUBLIC (1790-1820)
 -THE AGE OF REASON
 -THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 ROMATICISM
AND
TRANSCENDENTALISM ON AMERICAN
SOIL (1820-1865)
 -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
 THE CIVIL WAR
 ASSIGNMENT DUE
 ROMANTICISM
AND
TRANSCENDENTALISM IN AMERICAN
SOIL (1820-1865)
 -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
 -THE CIVIL WAR
 -THE GOTHIC TRADITION

 REALISM
AND INDIVIDUALISM :
 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN
AMERICA (1865-1900)
 -REGIONAL WRITING
 -LITERARY REALISM AND NATURALISM
MAJOR
WRITERS OF THE
MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945)
-THE WORLD WARS
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION WILL
BE POSTED

MAJOR
WRITERS OF THE
MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) THE WORLD WARS
 -THE SOUTHERN TALE
MAJOR
WRITERS OF THE
MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945)
- THE JAZZ AGE
 MAJOR
WRITERS OF THE MODERN
PERIOD (1900-1945)
 - THE JAZZ AGE
 - MODERNISM
 ASSIGNMENT DUE
 MAJOR
WRITERS OF THE
CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1945 TO
THE PRESENT)
 - THE BEAT GENERATION
 - POSTMODERNISM
THE
COLONIAL AND THE
COLONIZED
-BLACK AMERICAN WRITING
 -DIASPORIC WRITING