AMERICAN LITERATURE: from Modernism to Postmodernism SPRING 2021

FEB. 22 (Mon.): Discussion of seminar work, grading policy and exams

Mar. 1: Modernist Poetry: from Heath and Norton Anthologies
G. Stein: “Susie Asado” and excerpts from “Tender Buttons”
MAR. 8: E. Pound: “In a Station of the Metro” and “A Few Don’ts”
W. C. Williams: “The Red Wheelbarrow”
MAR. 15: E. Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
MAR. 22: F. S. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
MAR 29: E. O’Neill, Long Day’s Journey into Night
APRIL 5: Z. N. Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapter 2 and 3,
APRIL 12, APRIL 19: W. Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
APRIL 26: T. Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
EASTER HOLIDAY: APRIL 29-MAY 4 (Thu-Tue)
OFFICIAL HOLIDAY: MAY 6 Thu.
MAY 10: Jack Kerouac, On the Road
MAY 17: Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
MAY 24, MAY 31: T. Morrison, Beloved
JUNE 7: Louise Erdrich. Love Medicine. Chapter “Saint Marie”

REQUIREMENTS: CLASS PARTICIPATION – 5 points; ORAL PRESENTATION – 5 points;

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS – 6 out of 12 assignments x 10 points each = 60 points. QUIZZES – 50
points . All these contribute points up to maximum 120, that form your final grade.
Additional assignment in Moodle: 10 p.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Outline of American Literature
https://static.america.gov/uploads/sites/8/2016/05/2007_Outline_AmericanLiterature_English_Digital.pdf
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/literature-1991/
A history of American Literature created by American Informational Agency, gives interesting
information on various trends such as traditionalism, neoclassism, Midwestern Realism, etc.

The Heath Anthology of American Literature,5th edition

https://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/toc_5e/index.html
The site provides a timeline, biography of authors and links to academic sites for particular authors.

Electronic Poetry Center, SUNY Buffalo.

http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/
The site includes 150 American poets.

Poets.org – The Academy of American Poets

https://poets.org/
This site provides biography and links to resources on American poets.

The Mississippi Writers Page – University of Mississippi

http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/
A very good site to start on W. Faulkner and Tennessee Williams

Storytellers: Native-American Authors On-line

http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers
A site dedicated to Native-American writers.