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LITR415/
1. Course code: 2. Course title: Studies in American Literature
ENGL415
3. College: College of Arts

4. Department: English Language and Literature

5. Program: BA in English Language and Literature – Minor in Literature

6. Course credits: 3-0-3

7. Course NQF Level: 8

8. NQF Credits: 12

9. Prerequisite: ENGL309
10. Lectures Timing & Location:

Number of Sections:
Section 01: Day/Time/Venue
Section 02: Day/Time/Venue
11. Course web page: https://blackboard.uob.edu.bh
12. Course Instructor + email:

13. Office Hours and Location: Electronically via email/Teams or during office hours

Office No.: S17 -

Sunday/Thursday: Time
Monday/Wednesday: Time
Tuesday: Time
14. Course coordinator:

15. Academic year:

16. Semester (please tick): First Second Summer

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17. Textbook(s):
Robert S. Levine, General Editor. The Norton Anthology of American Literature
(Shorter Ninth Edition), W. W. Norton and Company: New York and London, 2017.
Vols. I and II.
18. References:
- Dutta, Nandana (2016). American literature. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan.
- Oliver, Egbert S., ed. (2001). An anthology: American literature, 1890-1965. New
Delhi: Eurasia Publishing House (Pvt) Ltd
- Pattee, Fred Lewis (1966). The development of the American short story. New
York: Harper.
- Warren, Joyce W., ed. (1993). The (other) American tradition: Nineteenth-
century women writers. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
- Wyatt, David (2010). Secret histories: Reading twentieth century American
literature. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

19. Other learning resources used (e.g., e-Learning, field visits, periodicals, software,
etc.):
PowerPoint Presentations on Blackboard, on-going in-class Q&A, in-class practical
tasks.

20. Course description (as per the published catalogue):

Significant movements and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American
literature; representative authors and works of the periods.

21. Program Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs):

1. Apply knowledge of theoretical and applied concepts, processes, and principles
related to language, literature, and linguistics.
2. Critically analyze diverse forms of discourse and genres in extended written and
spoken texts using appropriate methods and techniques of linguistic and literary
analysis and criticism.
3. Produce coherent and authentic written essays, reports, and projects using
appropriate language skills.
4. Synthesize information after reading texts comprehensively in a variety of forms,
styles, structures, and modes using intensive information retrieval and
interpretation skills.
5. Communicate effectively in speaking by displaying accuracy and fluency in the use
of language, lexis, style, oral presentation skills, and public speaking skills.
6. Develop and conduct primary research using critical thinking skills, adequate data
collection and data analysis methods, accurate documentation, and appropriate ICT
skills.

22. Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

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 Mapping to PILOs
CILOs 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Assess the historical development of X X X
nineteenth century American Literature,
its movements and themes.
2. Assess the historical development of X X X
twentieth century American Literature, its
movements and themes.
3. Critically examine selected literary texts X X X
from the two major periods studied.
4. Produce coherent essays using critical X X X
tools.
5. Exhibit competent skills in speaking and X X X
oral presentations.

23. Course assessment:

Assessment Details/ Numb Weight Date(s)
Type Explanation of er
Assessment in
relation to CILOs
Test 01 25% Day/Month/Year
Tests CILOs#: 1, 2, 3, 4
2
Test 02 20% Day/Month/Year
CILOs#: 1, 2, 3, 4
Written
Assignment Week #
CILOs#: 1, 2, 3, 4 1 10%
Write an essay
on a specific
theme(s) in a
number of
literary works

Oral CILOs#: 5 1 5% Weeks #

Presentation
Day/Month/Year
Final Exam CILOs#: 1, 2, 3, 4 1 40% Time

Total 5 100%

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 24. Description of Topics Covered
Topic Title Description
(e.g.,
chapter/experiment
title)
Nineteenth American To survey significant movements and themes in
literature nineteenth century American literature (e.g.,
Romanticism, Transcendentalism, etc.) and read
representative authors and works of the period.
Twentieth American To survey significant movements and themes in
literature twentieth century American literature (e.g., Realism,
naturalism, Modernism, etc.) and read representative
authors and works of the period.

25. Weekly Schedule

Wee Teaching
Date Topics covered CILOs Assessment
k Method
PowerPoint
Presentation
Orientation & s, on-going
1 1
General Introduction Q&A, in-class
practical
tasks
CHAPTER 1:
Romanticism/Dark PowerPoint
Romanticism Presentation
s, on-going
2 1, 2, 3
Nathaniel Q&A, in-class
Hawthorne: practical
Young Goodman tasks
Brown
PowerPoint
Presentation
Emily Dickinson:
s, on-going
3 Poem 340, Poem 1, 2, 3,
Q&A, in-class
479, and Poem 764
practical
tasks
4 Chapter 2: 1, 2, 3 PowerPoint
Transcendentalism Presentation
s, on-going

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 Margaret Fuller: Q&A, in-class
“Four Kinds of practical
Equality” tasks
PowerPoint
Chapter 3: Realism Presentation
s, on-going
5 1, 2, 3
Mark Twain: Q&A, in-class
Luck practical
tasks
PowerPoint
Chapter 4:
Presentation
Regionalism
s, on-going
6 1, 2, 3
Q&A, in-class
Kate Chopin:
practical
The Story of an Hour
tasks
Chapter 5:
Naturalism
PowerPoint
Presentation
Stephen Crane:
s, on-going Test 1
7 From War is Kind 1, 2, 3, 4
Q&A, in-class Day/Month/
practical Year
Edwin Arlington
tasks
Robinson:
Richard Cory
8 Mid-Term Break
PowerPoint
Chapter 6:
Presentation
Modernism
s, on-going
9 1, 2, 3
Q&A, in-class
Robert Frost:
practical
The Road Not Taken
tasks
Chapter 7: Imagism

William Carlos PowerPoint

Williams: Presentation
The Red s, on-going
10 1, 2, 3
Wheelbarrow Q&A, in-class
practical
Ezra Pound: tasks
In a Station of the
Metro
11 Chapter 8: The Lost 1, 2, 3 PowerPoint
Generation Presentation
s, on-going
Ernest Hemingway: Q&A, in-class

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 A Clean, Well-Lighted practical
Place tasks
Chapter 9: Harlem
Renaissance
PowerPoint
Langston Hughes: Presentation
The Negro Speaks of s, on-going Test 2
12 1, 2, 3, 4
Rivers. Q&A, in-class Day/Month/
Mother to Son. practical Year
I, Too. tasks
Song For A Dark Girl.
Democracy.
Chapter 10: Post- PowerPoint
Modernism Presentation
s, on-going
13 1, 2, 3
John Steinbeck: Q&A, in-class
The practical
Chrysanthemums tasks
PowerPoint
John Steinbeck Presentation
Assignment
(Cont.) s, on-going
14 1, 2, 3, 4 Day/Month/
The Q&A, in-class
Year
Chrysanthemums practical
tasks
Robert Hayden:
Those Winter
PowerPoint
Sundays
15 5 Presentation Presentations
s
Sylvia Plath:
Metaphors
Rita Dove:
Rosa PowerPoint
Presentations
16 5 Presentation
Li-Young Lee: s
Eating Together
Final Exam
Day/Month/Year
Time

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