GENERAL INFORMATION
Study program
Field of academic
expertise
Course title
Course code
Course status
ANGLISTICS
General Literature Studies
Twentieth-century American Literature
ECTS
Year of study
5
Compuls
ory
X
Elective
Number
classes
III
of
Lectures
Semester
2
Practical
sessions
VI
0
Professor:
Purpose and aim of the course
Introducing students to American literature from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Familiarizing with the major
representatives of modern American literature through literary history, criticism and culture.
Course content
The study of literary and historical context in which American literature emerged, as well as the study of selected works of
these periods in American literature which belong to all genres: poetry, prose, drama. The study of American literature of
the twentieth century.
TEACHING METHODS AND ASSESSMENT
Teaching methods (mark in bold letters)
Lectures
Seminars and
workshops
Distance learning
Consultations
Exercises
Laboratory work
Individual
assignments
Mentorship
Multimedia and the Internet
Fieldwork
Comments:
Assessment method (mark in bold)
Oral exam
Written exam
Tests/Exams
Term paper
Case studies
Activity in class
Project
Research
Assessment (mark in bold the assessment activities and write down the maximum number of points which a student can
earn in each activity, as well as the minimum number of points a student should earn in each activity).
Exam prerequisites (up to 70 points)
Poits
Minimum number of
points
Exams-tests (3 tests)
30
15
Attendance
5
2,5
Participation in class
5
2,5
Term paper
30
15
Research
Project
Case studies
Final exam (oral)
30
16
TOTAL POINTS
100
51
Comments:
READING LIST
Assigned reading
Further reading
Course outcome
Critical analysis of a text.
 Vukčević Radojka, A History of American Literature: Then and Now, Podgorica: Univerzitet
Crne Gore, 2005.
- Kovačević, I. (1983). Istorija engleske književnosti III, Sarajevo: Svetlost.