Semester III
Course: Elective II
Course Title: Nineteenth Century American Literature Paper II- B
Course Title: Nineteenth Century American Literature
Preamble: The course caters selected literary expressions of 19th century American Literature to the students with the view to familiarize them with major authors, texts and contexts. It seeks to provide an overview of the socio-political movements and texts that led to the evolution of American Literature as an independent branch. It also provides the students an opportunity to develop analytical/critical perspectives on the texts which reflect social, cultural and intellectual climate of the period.
Objectives:
1.To appreciate American literature by reading aesthetically and not just for knowledge/information
2.To discern and analyze the rhetorical strategies that American authors employ
3.To initiate serious engagement with the texts through close reading and analytical writing
4.To develop and demonstrate an awareness of the significance of literature and of literary forms in the 19th century American context
5.To hone their skills in interpretation and research.
Unit 1: Important Terms and Concepts
Romanticism and Transcendentalism,
American Civil War and its Impact on Literature,
Realism, Naturalism, Local Colour Movement,
19th century American women writers
Unit 2: Poetry
Walt Whitman:
“I Hear America Singing” “Thoughts” “I Sit and Look Out” “A Glimpse” “All is Truth”
Emily Dickinson:
“Because I could not Stop for Death” “I Heard a Fly Buzz – When I Died” “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” “A Bird Came Down the Walk” “A Light Exists in Spring”
Unit 3: Novel
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women
Herman Melville: The Confidence Man
Unit 4: Short Stories
Stephen Crane : “A Little Pilgrim” “The Angel Child”
Edgar Alan Poe : “The Gold Bug” “The Mask of the Red Death”
Kate Chopin : “The Storm” “The Locket”
References:
1.Abel, Darrel. Ruined Eden of the Present: Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe: Critical Essays in Honor of Darrel Abel. eds. G.R. Thompson and Virgil L. Lokke. West Lafayette: Purdue UP, 1981.
2.Barrish, Phillip. American Literary Realism: Critical Theory and Intellectual Prestige, 1880-1995. Cambridge: Oxford U P, 2001.
3.Bell, Michael Davitt. The Problem of American Realism. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993.
4.Belluscio, Steven J. To Be Suddenly White: Literary Realism and Racial Passing. Columbia, MO: U of Missouri P, 2006.
5.Buell, Lawrence. Literary Transcendentalism: Style and Vision in the American Renaissance. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Uni Press, 1986.
6.Chase, Richard. The American Novel and Its Tradition. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday Anchor, 1957.
7.Elliot, Emory., and Cathy N. Davidson, eds. The Columbia History of the American Novel. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
8.Myerson, Joel, ed. The Transcendentalists: A Review of Research and Criticism. New York: Modern Language Association, 1984
9.Lewis, R. W. B. The American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy, and Tradition in the 19th Century. Chicago: Uni Chicago Press, 1955.
10.Pattee, Fred Lewis. The Development of the American Short Story. [1966] New York: Harper, 1923.
11.Pizer, Donald. Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth Century American Fiction. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U P, 1966.
12.Warren, Joyce W., ed. The (Other) American Tradition: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993
13.Winter, Molly Crumpton. American Narratives: Multiethnic Writing in the Age of Realism. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State UP, 2007.
14.White, Barbara a., American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870: A Reference Guide. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System:
i) Name of the Program : MA English (Regular) Part II, Semester III, Elective II
ii) Course Code : PAENG302
iii) Course Title : Nineteenth Century American Literature
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04 2. Scheme of Examination: 4 Questions of 15 marks each
Evaluation Pattern: Internal Assessment (40 Marks):
Sr. No. Particulars Marks
1. One written assignment/research paper on the text suggested by the teacher for Internal Assessment -
10 Marks
Presentation on the written assignment/research paper -
05 Marks
Viva voce based on the written assignment/research paper 05 Marks
Total=20 Marks
2. One Internal Test based on the syllabus (one out of three questions) 20 Marks
Semester End Examination (60 Marks):
Semester-End Examination Duration: 2 Hours 60 Marks
Question 1 – Unit 1: Essay on Terms (one out of two) :15 Marks
Question 2 – Unit 2: Essay on Poetry (one out of two) :15 Marks
Question 3 – Unit 3: Essay on Novel (one out of two) :15 Marks
Question 4 – Unit 4: Essay on Short Stories (one out of two) :15 Mark
Course: Elective II
Course Title: Nineteenth Century American Literature Paper II- B
Course Title: Nineteenth Century American Literature
Preamble: The course caters selected literary expressions of 19th century American Literature to the students with the view to familiarize them with major authors, texts and contexts. It seeks to provide an overview of the socio-political movements and texts that led to the evolution of American Literature as an independent branch. It also provides the students an opportunity to develop analytical/critical perspectives on the texts which reflect social, cultural and intellectual climate of the period.
Objectives:
1.To appreciate American literature by reading aesthetically and not just for knowledge/information
2.To discern and analyze the rhetorical strategies that American authors employ
3.To initiate serious engagement with the texts through close reading and analytical writing
4.To develop and demonstrate an awareness of the significance of literature and of literary forms in the 19th century American context
5.To hone their skills in interpretation and research.
Unit 1: Important Terms and Concepts
Romanticism and Transcendentalism,
American Civil War and its Impact on Literature,
Realism, Naturalism, Local Colour Movement,
19th century American women writers
Unit 2: Poetry
Walt Whitman:
“I Hear America Singing” “Thoughts” “I Sit and Look Out” “A Glimpse” “All is Truth”
Emily Dickinson:
“Because I could not Stop for Death” “I Heard a Fly Buzz – When I Died” “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” “A Bird Came Down the Walk” “A Light Exists in Spring”
Unit 3: Novel
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women
Herman Melville: The Confidence Man
Unit 4: Short Stories
Stephen Crane : “A Little Pilgrim” “The Angel Child”
Edgar Alan Poe : “The Gold Bug” “The Mask of the Red Death”
Kate Chopin : “The Storm” “The Locket”
References:
1.Abel, Darrel. Ruined Eden of the Present: Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe: Critical Essays in Honor of Darrel Abel. eds. G.R. Thompson and Virgil L. Lokke. West Lafayette: Purdue UP, 1981.
2.Barrish, Phillip. American Literary Realism: Critical Theory and Intellectual Prestige, 1880-1995. Cambridge: Oxford U P, 2001.
3.Bell, Michael Davitt. The Problem of American Realism. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993.
4.Belluscio, Steven J. To Be Suddenly White: Literary Realism and Racial Passing. Columbia, MO: U of Missouri P, 2006.
5.Buell, Lawrence. Literary Transcendentalism: Style and Vision in the American Renaissance. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Uni Press, 1986.
6.Chase, Richard. The American Novel and Its Tradition. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday Anchor, 1957.
7.Elliot, Emory., and Cathy N. Davidson, eds. The Columbia History of the American Novel. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
8.Myerson, Joel, ed. The Transcendentalists: A Review of Research and Criticism. New York: Modern Language Association, 1984
9.Lewis, R. W. B. The American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy, and Tradition in the 19th Century. Chicago: Uni Chicago Press, 1955.
10.Pattee, Fred Lewis. The Development of the American Short Story. [1966] New York: Harper, 1923.
11.Pizer, Donald. Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth Century American Fiction. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U P, 1966.
12.Warren, Joyce W., ed. The (Other) American Tradition: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993
13.Winter, Molly Crumpton. American Narratives: Multiethnic Writing in the Age of Realism. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State UP, 2007.
14.White, Barbara a., American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870: A Reference Guide. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System:
i) Name of the Program : MA English (Regular) Part II, Semester III, Elective II
ii) Course Code : PAENG302
iii) Course Title : Nineteenth Century American Literature
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04 2. Scheme of Examination: 4 Questions of 15 marks each
Evaluation Pattern: Internal Assessment (40 Marks):
Sr. No. Particulars Marks
1. One written assignment/research paper on the text suggested by the teacher for Internal Assessment -
10 Marks
Presentation on the written assignment/research paper -
05 Marks
Viva voce based on the written assignment/research paper 05 Marks
Total=20 Marks
2. One Internal Test based on the syllabus (one out of three questions) 20 Marks
Semester End Examination (60 Marks):
Semester-End Examination Duration: 2 Hours 60 Marks
Question 1 – Unit 1: Essay on Terms (one out of two) :15 Marks
Question 2 – Unit 2: Essay on Poetry (one out of two) :15 Marks
Question 3 – Unit 3: Essay on Novel (one out of two) :15 Marks
Question 4 – Unit 4: Essay on Short Stories (one out of two) :15 Mark
