1. Realism, regionalism, naturalism in American fiction, 1850-1914 |
1. American realities and forms of literary realism: Mark Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane |
2. 'A Homemade World': American Modernism and its context, 1914-1945 |
1. Poetry: Modernist experiments
2. Prose: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner |
4. “MULTI-ETHNIC” LITERATURE (1945-2017)
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1. Multi-ethnic literature: general overview
2. Case studies:
a) Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye (1970)
b) Edwidge Danticat's "Children of the Sea"
c) Sandra Cisneros's The House in Mango Street [excerpts]:
"My Name", "Four Skinny Trees", and "No Speak English". |