Credits: 2
Coefficient: 1
Course Objectives
-To read and study different texts, authors and literature
-To write a simple literary commentary on the studied texts
Prerequisite
-Knowledge and strategies acquired from S1 to S2
- Mastery of English
Subject Contents
1- Introduction to American Literature
2- Literature of Revolution: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
3- American Romanticism
4- Introduction to the Short Story: Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle
5- Gothic Short Story : Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher
6- American Realism:
7- Local Colour: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
8- Genteel Tradition : Daisy Miller
Assessment
50% - 50% (Written exams and continuous Assessment)
- Teacher: selma barkat