American literature
I O'Loughlin
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula
A survey study of American literature covering a range of themes such as the idea of America as a New World, attitudes to the frontier and the landscape, urbanisation, the American dream, the position of African-American literature.
Assessment
Written (4000 words): 60% * Examination (2 hours): 40% * Seminar participation
Prescribed texts
The Penguin book of American verse Penguin
Albee E Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Penguin
Fitzgerald S The great Gatsby Penguin
Hawthorn N The scarlet letter (critical edn) Norton
Morrison T Beloved Pan
O'Neill E Long Day's Journey into Night (critical edn) Norton
Wharton E The House of Mirth (critical edn) Norton
Williams T Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Penguin