Course Contents

American Novel: • William Faulkner Light in August/Absolam Absolam • Earnest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms • Tony Morrison Beloved • John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath American Short Story • ‎Edgar Allan Poe “The Fall of the House of Usher”. “The Murder in Rue Morgue”. “The Mask of the Red Death”. • Nathaniel Hawthorne. “The Celestial Railroad”. “The Minister’s Black Veil”. “The Maypole of Merry Mount”. “Young Goodman Brown”. • Earnest Hemingway. “Big Two-Hearted River” • Harriet E Wilson. “A Friend for Nig” from Our Nig.

Course Synopsis

This course surveys the origins of American Literary movements with reference to the representative writers chosen. It sets some direction to the study of specific trends in the American Novel and Short Story. It stresses the diversity and uniqueness of the American character and experience, and the foundational voices of self- acclaimed Puritan holiness along with the revolutionary expansions of the so- called patriots.

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes: The Students should be able to: • To appreciate various contemporary American Novelists and Short Story writers • To understand and discuss critically the scope and impact of literature in the cultural contexts of 21st century America. • To understand the distinct literary genres of novel, novella and Short Story. • To develop the ability to read, analyze, and evaluate each genre for its structure and mode of expression, using appropriate, effective literary methodology.