| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
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| Literatura Norteamericana 1 |
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| Identifying Data | 2013/14 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Literatura Norteamericana 1 | Code | 613G03024 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Third | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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| 1. The Literature of the Colonial and Republican periods: 1620-1820 Early American Literature 1620-1820. 1.1. Encountering (in) the New World John Smith, from The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles. William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation. 1.2. Puritans and Native-Americans: Inhabiting America Anne Bradstreet, “The Prologue”, “The Author to Her Book”, “Before the Birth of One of Her Children”, “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet”, “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House”. Edward Taylor, “Prologue (from Preparatory Meditations)”, “Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children”, “A Fig for Thee, Oh! Death”. Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. 1.3. Becoming American Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography (Parts One & Two). J. Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, selections from Letters from an American Farmer (Letter III: What Is an American, Letter XII: Distresses of a Frontier Man) Thomas Jefferson, “The Declaration of Independence”. Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle”. All required readings are from the two Norton anthologies. All other secondary readings will be provided either in photocopied format or on the Moodle platform. |
1.1. Encountering (in) the New World 1.2. Inhabiting "America": colonials and native-americans 1.3. Becoming "American" |
| 2. The American "Renaissance": 1820-1865 | 2.1. Identity and nation 2.2. The captive self 2.3. The captivated self |
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