EL30HH American Literature to 1900
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30 credit points: 12 weeks
Course co-ordinator: Dr H Hutchison
Pre-requisite(s) : Available only to students in programme year 3 or above who have passed 60 credit points in level 2 English courses, or by permission of the Programme Coordinator.
This course covers American literature from colonial times to 1900, viewing the work of important writers against the backdrop of history. The focus of the course is the 19 th century, a period of immense social and cultural upheaval in the United States which transformed a rural colony into a political and industrial giant. The course considers issues of gender, race and religion, and the search for and emergence of a distinctively American voice. Authors studied include Hawthorne, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson, Whitman, Douglass and James.
1 two-hour lecture and 1 two-hour seminar per week: Mon/Thu at 1
1 two-hour examination (50%), In-course assessment: essay (30%), group project
(10%), seminar work (10%).
Re-sit : 1 two-hour written examination (100%)