King Faisal University Deanship of ELearning Distance Education

: ﻣﻘﺪﻣﺔ King Faisal University Deanship of E-Learning & Distance Education Department of English Language Tentative Course Syllabus Course: Introduction to American Lit. Instructor: Dr. Bassam Abuzeid English 487__________________ ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education 4 [ ] _______ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University

. . ﻋﻨﻮﺍﻥ • COURSE OBJECTIVES: • • The course aims at exposing the students of English language and literature to different literary and cultural canons of the English speaking world. • Through the wide scope of reading, the course aims at giving the students an ample opportunity to trace the development of American literature being dependent on the English literature to be a real independent and even influential in it. • The course aims at exposing the students to the intercultural nature of the American literature. • One of the main objectives of the course is to develop the student's literary taste and analytical and critical skills. ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education 5 [ ] ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University

TEXTBOOKS: Murphy, F, H. Parker et. Al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 1. New York & London: Norton & Co. (recent edition) Bayn, Nina, et. al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 2. New York & London: Norton & Co. (recent edition) Abrams, M. H. et. al. eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 1. London & New York: Norton & Company. (Recent Edition) Emerson, Everett (Editor), Major Writers of Early American Literature Various Internet Website ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ ] ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University

EVALUATION: Topics for Discussion Quizzes Live Lectures Final Exam Total ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education 10 10 10 70 100 points [ ] ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University

Week Topic Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six General and Brief Introduction to American Literature Colonial Literature Romanticism Realism Naturalism Modernism ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ ] ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University

Week Seven Harlem Renaissance Week Eight Poetry: Because I Could Not Stop for Death & Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson Week Nine Fiction: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Week Ten Fiction: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Week Eleven Fiction: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Week Twelve Fiction: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Week Thirteen Drama: Trifles by Susan Glaspell's Week Fourteen Course Revision ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ ] ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University

Telephone number: 0547755618 Office: Extension 1845 + 26 E-mail: babuzeid@kfu. edu. sa ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻛﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ ] ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ King Faisal University