Module details
LT161-4-AU: INTRODUCTION TO UNITED STATES LITERATURE
Year: 2013/14
Department: Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Essex credit: 15
ECTS credit: 7.5
Available to Study Abroad / Exchange Students: Yes
| Staff |
| Supervisor: |
Dr Owen Robinson |
| Teaching Staff: |
Various |
| Contact details: |
Dr Owen Robinson, email: orobin (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address) |
| Module is taught during the following terms |
| Autumn |  | Spring |  | Summer | |
Module Description
What is American literature? What makes writing in the U.S. different from other writing in the English language - and, in particular, different from writing in the U.K.? The aim of this course is to offer possible answers to these questions by looking at the classic texts regarded as establishing U.S. literature as a separate literature from English. Students are advised to obtain as many of the prescribed texts as they can and to read some of them before the start of the academic year. The authors, topics and texts are listed in the order in which they will be discussed. Any editions of the prescribed texts are acceptable, as long as they are complete and unabridged.
Learning & Teaching Methods
1 hour lecture + 1 hour class per week
Assessment
50 per cent Coursework Mark, 50 per cent Exam Mark
Coursework:
10 per cent participation mark + 90 per cent Essay
Other details:
The Essay will have 1500-2000 words
Exam Duration and Period
2:00 hour exam during Summer Examination period.
Other information
Compulsory for:
Compulsory for 1st Yr BA English and American Literature and 1st Yr BA American (U.S.) Studies
Bibliography
- Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ;
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Nathanial Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (Penguin);
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin);
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Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass (1855 ed)/i>;
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Arthur Miller The Crucible ;
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Willa Cather My Antonia ;
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F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby ;
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Henry James Portrait of a Lady
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Available on request from Areas Office, Room 5S.7.27.
Further information
External Examiner Information
- Name: Mr Bill Schwarz
- Institution: QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
- Academic Role: Reader in Postcolonial Writing
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