Asignatura: LITERATURA NORTEAMERICANA ( 6029 )

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1 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO CUARTO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS PROFESORADO DE INGLÉS Asignatura: LITERATURA NORTEAMERICANA ( 6029 ) Profesor titular: Ana Celi MA JTP: Valeria Engert MA Régimen: CUATRIMESTRAL Horas cátedra: 4 (cuatro ) Año académico 2009

2 I) OBJETIVOS Hacer conocer la Literatura Norteamericana desde sus comienzos hasta la actualidad, a través de las obras seleccionadas. Comprender la significación de cada obra literaria en el contexto social. Asumir una actitud crítica frente a una obra literaria. Aplicar las técnicas de análisis literario a las distintas obras. Evaluar la obra literaria siguiendo criterios técnicos y personales. Sintetizar los conocimientos adquiridos en la totalidad del área. Apoyar la ejercitación oral y escrita de la lengua extranjera. Adquirir hábitos de investigación en función de los temas a desarrollar. II) CONTENIDOS UNIDAD 1 INTRODUCTION: Colonial and Revolutionary Periods. First half of XIX century: Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Edgar Allan Poe His poetry: characteristics, principles of composition Detailed analysis of the poems The Raven, Annabel Lee His prose: characteristics of his short stories. His contribution to American fiction. His contribution to criticism. Detailed analysis of the short stories The Pit and the Pendulum, and the essays The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne: A review UNIDAD 2 Post Civil War Years: Decline of Romanticism. Local color. Realism. Naturalism. Walt Whitman Characteristics of his poetry. His contribution to American literature. Detailed analysis of the Preface to Leaves of Grass (1855 edition) and the poem Song of Myself UNIDAD 3 20 th Century movements and trends. Poetry, prose and drama. Francis Scott Fitzgerald the novel The Great Gatsby

3 John Steinbeck the novel Of Mice and Men Tennessee Williams American Drama. Characteristics of Williams plays. Detailed analysis of the play A Streetcar Named Desire William Faulkner the short story The Bear Elena María Viramontes Introduction to Ethnic Literature and Chicano literature. Characteristics of her prose. Her contribution to American fiction. Detailed analysis of the short story The Caliboo Café III) FORMAS METODOLOGICAS Las clases serán teórico-prácticas. Se emplearán las siguientes técnicas participativas a fin de lograr un desempeño activo por parte del alumno: Análisis e interpretación de obras. Investigación dirigida. Guías de estudio. Journal Mesas redondas. Exposición grupal. Exposición individual. Debates. Coloquios. IV) SISTEMA DE PROMOCIÓN Promoción sin examen final según Res. Dec. Nº 029 del 7 / 8 / 86. Alumnos regulares: examen final. Alumnos libres: Serán examinados sobre el último programa vigente. V) BIBLIOGRAFÍA V-i FUNDAMENTAL Faulkner, William. The Bear Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. The Great Gatsby Poe, Edgar Allan. The Pit and the Pendulum Annabel Lee

4 The Philosophy of Composition The Poetic Principle The Raven Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne: A review Ruland, R and Bradbury, M. From Puritanism to Postmodernism A History of American Literature. New York: Penguin Books, Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men Whitman, Walt. Song of Myself Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire Viramontes, Elena María. The Caliboo Café V-ii COMPLEMENTARIA ALLEN, Gay Wilson & Ed FOLSOM (ed.) Walt Whitman and the World. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, CHASE, Richard. The American Novel and its Tradition. Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, ELLIOT, Emory (ed.) Columbia Literary History of the United States. NY: Columbia University Press, HERNÁNDEZ-GUTIÉRREZ, Manuel de Jesús & David FOSTER (ed.) Literatura Chicana An Anthology in Spanish, English and Calé. NY: Garland Publishing Inc, INGE, Thomas. Faulkner, South and other Southerness. West Cornwell: Locust Hill Press, INGE, Thomas. Perspectives on American Culture. West Cornwell: Locust Hill Press, LANE, Jack & Maurice O SULLIVAN (ed.) American Reader. Washington DC: United States Agency, LAWTER, Paul (ed.) The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Volume One. D.C. Lexington, MA: Heath & Company, LAWTER, Paul (ed.) The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Volume Two. D.C. Lexington, MA: Heath & Company,1994. MCMICHAEL, George ( ed ) Anthology of American Literature, Vol. II, Realism to the Present. New York: Macmillan, ANA CELI MA VALERIA ENGERT MA PROFESORA TITULAR JTP

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