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Southern State Community College
Curriculum Committee – November 2016
ENGL 2235 – American Literature After 1865
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COURSE TITLE:
OTM: 16368 TAG: OAH053
American Literature after 1865
COURSE NUMBER:
2235
CATALOG PREFIX:
ENGL
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PREREQUISITE:
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CREDIT HOURS: 3
LABORATORY HOURS:
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English 1101
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LECTURE HOURS: 3
OBSERVATION HOURS:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course explores major works and literary trends in American literature from 1865 to
the present.
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GRADING:
Grading follows the policy stated in the SSCC catalog.
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F
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ADOPTED TEXT(S):
The Norton Anthology of American Literature
Shorter 8th edition
Nina Baym and Robert S. Levine, eds.
W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
ISBN 978-0-393-91887-8
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VII.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
As a result of coursework, students must be able to demonstrate:
-participation in critical readings and discussions of literary texts
-knowledge of major works and authors of periods studied
-knowledge of major themes, literary conventions, and forms displayed in works
studied
-knowledge of the social, political, and cultural influences on works studied
-knowledge of the literary diversity represented periods
-knowledge of basic literary terms
-the ability to analyze the texts studied
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COURSE OUTLINE:
Course outlines are prepared at the discretion of the instructor.
Weeks 1-4 American Realism
Week 1: Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, and Henry James
Week 2: Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Week 3: Stephen Crane and Jack London
Week 4: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
Weeks 5-7 The Modernist Movement
Week 5: Robert Frost, Willa Cather, and Sherwood Anderson
Week 6: William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Eliot
Week 7: Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner
Weeks 8-9 The Harlem Renaissance
Week 8: Zora Neal Hurston and Jean Toomer
Week 9: Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen
Weeks 10-12 The Post-War Period
Week 10: Tennessee Williams and Ralph Ellison
Week 11: Flannery O’Connor and James Baldwin
Week 12: Allen Ginsberg and Sylvia Plath
Weeks 13-15 Contemporary American Literature
Week 13: John Updike and Raymond Carter
Week 14: Toni Morrison and Alice Walker
Week 15: Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston
Week 16:
Finals
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IX.
OTHER REQUIRED TEXTS, SOFTWARE AND MATERIALS:
Supplemental text are optional, but must be approved by area faculty.
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EVALUATION:
Students are evaluated on the basis of formal writing assignments, examinations,
participation in class discussions, and attendance. In evaluating student writing, all
instructors must take into account the criteria established by the English Department’s
essay evaluation scale.
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SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS:
At the discretion of the instructor
XIII. OTHER INFORMATION:
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FERPA: Students need to understand that your work may be seen by others. Others
see your work when being distributed, during group project work, or if it is chosen for
demonstration purposes.
Students also need to know that there is a strong possibility that your work may be
submitted to other entities for the purpose of plagiarism checks.
DISABILITIES: Students with disabilities may contact the Disabilities Service Office,
Central Campus, at 800-628-7722 or 937-393-3431.