Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC American Literature and Culture
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	English Literature
Module Code	09 37159
Module Lead	John Fagg
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	From the canonical and popular to the unexpected and underexplored, American Literature and Culture will engage students in new conversations about the literature and culture produced on the North American continent. Taking a thematic approach, the module will focus primarily on the literature and culture of the United States, but will also explore work related to Mexico, Canada, and/or the Caribbean. Students will explore literature and culture addressing themes that might include slavery and freedom, the Gothic, race, self-making and undoing, conformity and counterculture, war and peace, North American places, the environment, Indigenous writing, ethics and politics, and gender and sexuality. Authors discussed on the module might include Toni Morrison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frederick Douglass, Zora Neale Hurston, Eileen Myles, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edith Wharton, Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Anzia Yezierska, Walt Whitman, E. Pauline Johnson, Langston Hughes, Leslie Marmon Silko, John Steinbeck, Danez Smith, Claudia Rankine, and Audre Lorde.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate a knowledge of and make informed comparisons between a range of North American texts as studied on the module; Discuss the ways in which social/cultural/political/literary contexts shaped North American literature; Assess the range of techniques, forms, and themes that have helped shape and define North American literature; Undertake independent study pertaining to the module material, and demonstrate critical engagement with scholarship on American literature and culture.
Assessment	37159-05 : 22-23 Submission : Coursework (100%) 37159-07 : 23-24 Submission : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	1,000 word essay (30%) 2,000 word essay (70%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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