1. INTRODUCTION

2.  Learning Outcome:  Students are able to-  1. Trace the background and major writings of the literary periods from the beginning to the present day.  2. Demonstrate the themes, ethics and values reflected in American literature which continue in American culture today.  3. Identify the characteristics and styles of a distinctively American Literature of the periods.  4. Identify and manage relevant information about cultural norms.

3. Essay One (10%) – Due week 6 Mid semester examination (30%)Essay Two (20%) – Due week 12Final examination (40%)

4.  WE will only read two novels this semester:  1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald  2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.  (It is suffice if you read any e-book or the summary. For exam, I will tell you what to read)

5.  CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE  -MYTHS  -LEGENDS  -ARCHETYPES

6.  THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES  - COLONIALISM  -NATIONALISM

7.  THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CHARACTER AND REPRESENTATIVE THEMES  -COLONIALISM  -NATIONALISM  -THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT  -THE AMERICAN DREAM

8.  THEMES OF MAJOR COLONIAL WRITERS (1600-1790)  -RELIGIOUS FAITH  -AMERICAN VERSUS BRITISH IDENTITY  ASSIGNMENT QUESTION WILL BE POSTED

9.  ARCHITECTS OF CULTURE. THE NEW REPUBLIC (1790-1820)  -THE AGE OF REASON  -THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

10.  ROMATICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM ON AMERICAN SOIL (1820-1865)  -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  THE CIVIL WAR  ASSIGNMENT DUE

11.  ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM IN AMERICAN SOIL (1820-1865)  -NATURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  -THE CIVIL WAR  -THE GOTHIC TRADITION

12.  REALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM :  THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA (1865-1900)  -REGIONAL WRITING  -LITERARY REALISM AND NATURALISM

13.  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) -THE WORLD WARS  ASSIGNMENT QUESTION WILL BE POSTED

14.  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945) - THE WORLD WARS  -THE SOUTHERN TALE

15.  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945)  - THE JAZZ AGE

16.  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE MODERN PERIOD (1900-1945)  - THE JAZZ AGE  - MODERNISM  ASSIGNMENT DUE

17.  MAJOR WRITERS OF THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1945 TO THE PRESENT)  - THE BEAT GENERATION  - POSTMODERNISM

18.  THE COLONIAL AND THE COLONIZED  -BLACK AMERICAN WRITING  -DIASPORIC WRITING