Introducing the novel as a literary form, the course offers a history of the development of the novel in America. Students are expected to apply various approaches to the reading of any selected novel or novels. Authors may include Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, S. Crane, H. James, R. Hall, K. Chopin, R.H. Davis, E. Wharton, C. Perkins Gilman, K.A. Porter, A. Smedley.
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| Dönem | Course CPA | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 Fall | 2.84 | 2 sec · 37 öğr |
| 2024-2025 Fall | 3.27 | 2 sec · 55 öğr |
| 2023-2024 Fall | 2.49 | 2 sec · 45 öğr |
| 2022-2023 Fall | 2.65 | 2 sec · 36 öğr |
| 2021-2022 Fall | 2.82 | 2 sec · 28 öğr |
| 2020-2021 Fall | 2.57 | 2 sec · 38 öğr |
| 2019-2020 Fall | 2.80 | 2 sec · 23 öğr |
| 2018-2019 Fall | 2.49 | 2 sec · 22 öğr |
| 2017-2018 Fall | 2.76 | 2 sec · 33 öğr |
| 2016-2017 Fall | 2.27 | 2 sec · 29 öğr |
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Students must fulfill all course requirements in terms of exams and assignments to qualify for the final exam.
Week 1. Introduction to the American Novel (1860-1900): American Literary History, Culture & Fiction. Introduction to Herman Melville, “Bartleby, The Scrivener” (1853, story) Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor, chs. 1-20 Melville, BB, chs. 21-30 Introduction to Louisa May Alcott and Work: A Story of Experience, Alcott’s Work, chs. 1-9 Alcott’s Work, chs. 10-20 Amer 383 01: Review of Alcott’s Work. Midterm Exam I—October 25, 2023 (Wednesday) (On Alcott’s Work) Amer 383 02: Review of Alcott’s Work. Midterm Exam I—October 26, 2023 (Thursday) (On Alcott’s Work) William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), chs. 1-7 Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), chs. 8-17 Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), chs. 18-27 Amer 383-01.Review of Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham Midterm Exam II—(November 22, 2023 (Wednesday) (On Howells’s The Rise of Silas Lapham) Amer 383-02.Review of Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham Midterm Exam II—(November 23, 2023 (Thursday) (On Howells’s The Rise of Silas Lapham) Frances E. W. Harper & Iola Leroy, chs. 1-10 Harper, IL, chs. 11-33 --In-Class Writing on Harper’s Iola Leroy Chopin, A, chs. 1-27 --In-Class Writing on The Awakening Chopin, A, chs. 28-39 Brief Final Review (The Final Exam will be based on all the novels we studied this