Modern American Literature Syllabus 2016/2017 Course Requirements

Instructors: dr.sc. Biljana Oklopčić biljana.oklopcic@gmail.com Students are required

Denis Kuzmanović denis.kuzmanovic@gmail.com - to attend lectures and classes regularly
- to be punctual because you will be given pop quizzes at the beginning of
Office Hours: To be announced or by appointment the class
- to read all the required material for the designated class
Texts: Anthology of American Literature, volume II, eighth edition - to participate in the tutorials
- to hand in their OWN work on time
- only three absences will be tolerated
Reading Assignments

Week 1 Introduction Grading Policy

Week 2 Whitman, “Song of Myself”, “Song of the Open Road”, “Chanting the
91-100% A (5)
Square Deific”, “O Captain, My Captain” 79-90% B (4)
67-78% C (3)
Week 3 Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”; Anderson, “Godliness” 55-66% D (2)
Week 4 Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, London, “The Law of Life” Below 55% F (1)

Week 5 Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises Your grade will consist of the following component (single majors):
Week 6 Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises
 class participation: 20%
Week 7 Midterm exam
 essay: 30%
Week 8 Pound, Selected Poetry, Eliot, “The Wasteland”  mid-term exam 25% + end-of-term exam 25% OR comprehensive written
exam 50%
Week 9 Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath”
Week 10 Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath”
Week 11 Faulkner, “The Sound and the Fury” Your grade will consist of the following component (double majors):

Week 12 Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder, Selected Poetry

Week 13 Plath, Sexton, Rich, Selected Poetry  class participation: 20%
 mid-term exam 40% + end-of-term exam 40% OR comprehensive written
Week 14 Roth, “Everyman” exam 80%
Week 15 End-term exam