EL5023 - American Literature
[Offered in even-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts and Social Sciences (pre 2015) |
A study of American writing from the 'American Renaissance' of 1850 to the present day, concentrating in the nineteenth century on the construction of key American images (the Scarlet Letter, the Great White Whale, Huck Finn and his raft) and in the twentieth on their reinterpretation and revaluation, and the challenges posed by other American identities.
Learning Outcomes
- to acquire the ability to read the set texts in their cultural and historical contexts;
- to attain detailed knowledge of each of the set texts, their structures and narrative strategies;
- to broaden and intensify the literary-critical skills and understanding attained by students at earlier levels, particularly where essay-writing and extra-literary issues are concerned;
- to develop an understanding of how 20th century American writing engages with those myths;
- to develop an understanding of the importance of some landmark American texts of the 19th century to the development of national myths;
- to understand recent challenges to the authority of the American literary canon.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EL3023 EL2023 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Greg Manning. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); (40%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Greg Manning. |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); essays (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Greg Manning. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); (40%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.