LITT 507 Anglo-American Fiction

Term 3 AY 2021-2022
Saturdays: 12:00-3:00 pm
Wednesdays: 2:30-4:00 (for consultation periods & additional sessions)

Topics
Syllabus
Requirements
System of grading
Discuss the literary traditions in English and American Literatures
Read chosen/assigned short story under English or American literature.
Complete Short Story Analysis Worksheet. Submit the worksheet on or before the synchronous session on
June 11, 2022.
 Discuss contemporary literary theories which can be used for analyzing contemporary Anglo-American
fictions.
Contemporary British Short Stories
 If a book is locked…- Oyeyemi
 When you grow into yourself - Raisin
 The Clean Slate - Mantel
 Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabela… - Rushdie
Start working on your Occasional Paper 1: Explain the recurrent themes and styles in Anglo-American short
fictions (500-1000 words). Submit by June 29, 2022.
Contemporary American Short Stories
 The Knowers-Phillips
 The Semplica Girl Diaries - Sanders
 Girl - Kincaid
 Cathedral
 What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Read your novel for analysis and presentation.

Choose texts for final critical paper (Analysis of 5 short stories OR 1 or more novels)

Contemporary British Novels

 Never Let Me Go-Ishiguro
(watch the film)
 White Teeth- Smith
 Wide Sargasso Sea-Rhys
 Atonement-McEwan
Start working on your Occasional Paper 2: Explain the recurrent themes and styles in Anglo-American novels
(500-1000 words). Submit by July 30, 2022.
Contemporary American Novels
 Beloved-Morrison
 Their Eyes Were Watching God-Hurston
 The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier Clay-Chabon
 White Noise-De Lillo
 A Long Way Down-Hornby
Prepare for the final requirement:
Critical paper on 5 short stories OR 1 or more Anglo-American novels.
Give feedback on the occasional papers and present guidelines on the final requirement.

Submit final requirement.

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LITT 507 Contemporary Anglo-American Fiction