Lecturer in charge: Mr David Williams [Room 54 - New Arts Block]

This course will explore a representative sample of canonical American fiction within the context of the literary and cultural currents that defined American society between the post-independence period and the modernist era.

Prerequisite: LITS 2103 (E21C) or LITS 2107 (E21G) or LITS 2108 (E21H) or LITS 2113 (E21M)
or HUMN 2201 (AR22A)

Instruction: 2 lectures, I tutorial per week

Evaluation: 1 coursework essay 30%
Journal & tutorial presentations 10%
Two-hour final examination 60%

Prescribed Texts:

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Pathfinder (Signet Classic pb)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night (Penguin pb)
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms (Scribner pb)
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Penguin pb)