ANG-3140 Special Topics in American Literature
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ANG-3140 Special Topics in American Literature
Département des littératures Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines Professeur : Jean-Philippe Marcoux Session : Automne 2015 ANG-3140 Special Topics in American Literature Course Description This course will study the crucial pre- and post- World War I periods in American Literature. Known as American Modernism (1890-1940), this period is marked by intense questioning of the national identity in the wake of postindustrial capitalism and by the trauma of the postwar experience. We will study questions of race, class, urbanity, and gender as writers react to their environment and predicaments. Socialist and nativist theories will used, amongst others, in order to read various texts. Also, we will study major writers of “groups” and movements such as High Modernism, Imagism, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Lost Generation. Likewise, we will engage with moments like the Jazz Age and the Depression as they inform the literature of the era. The course will provide a thorough map of the Modernist ethos that will inevitably lead to another world war, and another source of national trauma. Pedagogical Approach Lectures followed by class discussions, with emphasis on the latter. Students are required to have read the assigned material carefully before each class. Essays and articles will be made available for further reading at the Reserve of the library. Students are strongly encouraged to read these in order to enhance their knowledge of the works’ ramifications. Familiarity with the material will enable students to complete work and enjoy the class as a whole more fully. Evaluation Participation – 10% (weekly, active, and knowledgeable participation required) Short Essay (4-6 pages) -25% Long Essay (8-10 pages) -40% Annotated bibliography -10% Reader responses -15% Authors studied (preliminary, subject to change) W.E.B. DuBois, prose Upton Sinclair, The Jungle T.S. Eliot, poetry and prose Ezra Pound, poetry Hilda Doolitle, poetry Mina Loy, poetry Langston Hughes, poetry Alain Locke, prose F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises William Faulkner, short stories Eugene O’Neill, plays William Carlos Williams, poetry and prose John Steinback, The Grapes of Wrath Plagiat / voir Règlement des études de l’Université Laval http://www.lit.ulaval.ca/index.php?id=493 L’usage de la nouvelle orthographe est permis à condition que l’étudiant l’ait dûment signalé dans son travail, sans quoi les graphies jusque-là considérées comme incorrectes seront pénalisées. er Échelle de conversion de notes (1 cycle) Excellent : Très bon : Bon : A+ = 94-100 B+ = 82-84 C+ = 72-74 A = 89-93 B = 78-81 C = 68-71 e A– = 85-88 B– = 75-77 C– = 65-67 Passable : Insuffisant : D+ = 61-64 E = 0-54 D = 55-60 Bon : Insuffisant : C+ = 72-74 E = 0-67 C = 68-71 e Échelle de conversion de notes (2 et 3 cycles) Excellent : Très bon : A+ = 94-100 B+ = 82-84 A = 89-93 B = 78-81 A– = 85-88 B– = 75-77 Page 1 de 1