{"id":36933,"date":"2020-02-17T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=36933"},"modified":"2025-02-18T17:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:35:02","slug":"rat-rekonstrukcija-transformacija-americka-knjizevnost-1860-1914-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=36933","title":{"rendered":"Rat, rekonstrukcija, transformacija: ameri\u010dka knji\u017eevnost 1860-1914"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naziv kolegija:<\/strong> Rat, rekonstrukcija, transformacija: ameri\u010dka knji\u017eevnost 1860-1914<\/em><\/span> (A, 19\/20)
\nInstructor: <\/strong> Dr Jelena \u0160esni\u0107
\nTimes:<\/strong> Mon, 8:45-9:30 (A-123), Wed, 9:30-11:00 (D 5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Office:<\/strong> B-018<\/span>
\nE-mail:<\/strong> jsesnic@m.ffzg.hr<\/a><\/span>
\nPhone:<\/strong> 01\/4092-060<\/span>
\nOffice hours:<\/strong> Mon, 12:00-13:00 p.m.; Thur, 10:00-11:00 a.m.<\/span>
\nSemester:<\/strong> Spring 2025<\/span>
\nStatus:<\/strong> elective<\/span>
\nForm of instruction: <\/strong>lecture (1 hour) + seminar (2 hours)<\/span>
\nEnrollment requirements:<\/strong> Introduction into the Study of English Literature
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Syllabus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 Course description:<\/strong> We shall be covering a period of American literature variously designated as the Age of Realism and Naturalism or the Gilded Age leading up to WWI. Many scholars argue that it is during this period that the United States turned into a modern nation due primarily to their unprecedented industrial and economic growth. We shall be looking at the implications of these huge transformations and their reverberations in some of the exemplary literary and non-literary texts of the period. The four sections we shall be examining in greater detail are the echoes of the Civil War; the perils and pitfalls of post-war Reconstruction effort, and the question of race; economic relations and the way these affect social relations; and, finally, the emergence of new identities, both in the public and the private sphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Course requirements:<\/strong> Regular attendance; participation in class discussions; in-class and home assignments (15%); continuous evaluation (a mid-term and a final test, mandatory for all students); seminar paper (6-7 pp, 2000-2500 words, MLA style). (45%); seminar paper (6-7 pp, 2000-2500 words, MLA style) (40%).<\/span><\/p>\n

Primary texts:
\n<\/strong><\/span>Hermann Melville: from Battle Pieces <\/em>(poetry)
\nWalt Whitman: from Drum-Taps <\/em>and Memories of President Lincoln <\/em>(poetry)
\nMark Twain: Pudd’nhead Wilson <\/em>(novel)
\nLouise May Alcott: “My Contraband” (short story)
\nCharles Chesnutt: “The Doll” (short story)
\nElizabeth Stuart Phelps: The 10th of January <\/em>(novella)
\nFrank Norris: The Octopus, A Story of California <\/em>(novel)
\nAbraham Cahan: short stories (selection)
\nWilla Cather: O Pioneers! <\/em>(novel)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Readings <\/strong>(subject to change)<\/span><\/p>\n

February\/ March<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1: Introduction; critical methods; literary and cultural contexts;<\/span><\/p>\n

Herman Melville: from Battle Pieces<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 2: Melville: cont.<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 3: Walt Whitman: from Drum-Taps<\/em> and Memories of President Lincoln<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 4: Mark Twain: Pudd’nhead Wilson<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 5: Mark Twain: Pudd’nhead Wilson<\/em> *First Annotated Bibliography due: Wed, 26th March.*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

April<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1: Louisa May Alcott: \u201eMy Contraband\u201c; Charles Chesnutt: \u201eThe Doll\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 2: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The 10th<\/sup> of January<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 3: Phelps: cont. *Mid-term: Wed, 16th April.*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 4: Easter Monday: no class.  Frank Norris: The Octopus, A Story of California<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 5: Norris: cont.<\/span><\/p>\n

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May<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1: Abraham Cahan: a selection of short-stories<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 2: Cahan: cont. *Second Annotated Biblography due: Mon, 5th<\/sup> May.*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 3: Willa Cather: O Pioneers!<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 4: Cather: cont. *Seminar paper due: Wed, 28th<\/sup> May.*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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June<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1: Course evaluation. *Final test: Wed, 4th June.*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A course reader will be made available on Omega.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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