IDENTIFYING DATA 2020_21
Subject (*) NORTH-AMERICAN LITERATURE Code 12274216
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Optional 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department English and German Studies
Coordinator
LAMARCA MARGALEF, JORGE
 E-mail jordi.lamarca@urv.cat
Lecturers
LAMARCA MARGALEF, JORGE
Web
General description and relevant information <p> This course will provide an overall review of American literature from the beginnings to the present. In order to do so a selection of voices and traditions will be considered in an attempt to familiarize students with the major authors and trends of the literature of the United States from the Colonial Period to the present time.</p><p>Aquesta assignatura combina la presencialitat i la virtualitat en un percentatge encara per determinar. En començar el curs, el calendari amb totes les activitats docents previstes (amb horaris i espais) estarà disponible al campus virtual (Moodle) de l'assignatura. </p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A5 Dominar la llengua anglesa des d’un punt de vista teòric i pràctic i expressar-s’hi oralment i per escrit de manera fluida i precisa.
 A6 Analitzar les obres més rellevants de la literatura en llengua anglesa en els seus diversos entorns culturals.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT7 Apply ethical principles and social responsibility as a citizen and a professional.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A5 Mostra un maneig de la llengua anglesa (de forma oral i/o escrita) en contextos diversos a un nivell superior.
 A6 Coneix els principals gèneres i formes literàries en llengua anglesa.
Analitza i comenta textos literaris de forma oral i/o escrita.
Coneix els principals moviments literaris i la seva inserció en els diversos contextos culturals i històrics.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT7 Be aware of the inequalities and the discrimination caused by gender and understand the reasons that account for it.
Be able to identify major environmental problems.
Recognise and reflect on social needs and problems, and get involved in improving the community.
Recognise the ethical and deontological concepts in their field of expertise, show an ability for criticism and dialogue, and respect the rules and regulations that members of the university community must abide by.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin Franklin 		Biodata and main works
St. John de Crèvecoeur
Thomas Paine 		Biodata and main works
Thomas Jefferson
Washington Irving 		Biodata and main works
J. Fenimore Cooper
Ralph Waldo Emerson 		Biodata and main works
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar A. Poe 		Biodata and main works
Harried Beecher Stowe
Henry D. Thoreau 		Biodata and main works
Herman Melville
Walt Whitman 		Biiodata and main works
Ambrose Bierce
Henry James 		Biodata and main works
Emily Dickinson
Kate Chopin
Charlotte Perkins Gilman 		Biodata and main works
Stephen Crane
Willa Cather 		Biodata and main works
Jack London
Zitkala Sa
Snherwood Anderson 		Biodata and main works
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner 		Biodata and main works
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck 		Biodata and main works
Tennessee Williams
Ralph Ellison 		Biodata and main works
Saul Bellow
Flannery o'Connor 		Biodata and main works
Toni Morrison
Carson McCullers 		Biodata and main works
Rudolfo Anaya
Maxine Hong Kinston 		Biodata and main works
Gloria Anzaldúa
Alice Walker 		Biodata and main works
Sandra Cisneros
Paul Auster 		Biodata and main works
Ray Bradbury
Ursula Leguin 		Biodata and main works

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Seminars
A5
A6
 52 82 134
Personal attention
1 0 1
 
Short-answer objective tests
A6
 2 4 6
Extended-answer tests
A6
 4 4 8
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Students will be introduced to the particular ideosincratic nature of American literature at the beginning of the course.
Seminars Students will be exposed to an array of texts and authors so that they become familiar with the most important voices in American literature.
Personal attention Students are welcome to use my visiting hours to come individually or in groups and discuss any relevant aspects of the course.

Personalized attention
Description
Students are encouraged to stop by the instructor´s office. They should always feel free to ask questions about the topics discussed in class.

Donada la situació d'emergència sanitària, durant el curs 2020-2021 s'atendrà els estudiants en tutoria individualitzada i/o grupal per tal de resoldre possibles dubtes, consultes i altres qüestions relacionades amb l'assignatura. La tutoria podrà ser presencial i/o virtual. A principis de curs s'informarà a l'estudiant sobre com es portarà a terme aquesta atenció personalitzada (horaris, si serà presencial, per correu electrònic, Moodle,...)

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Extended-answer tests
A6
 Students will write an in-class essay on one novel they will have read on their own. 30%
Short-answer objective tests
A6
 Students will take two tests of this sort where they will have to recognize either works, authors or both. 35% each (35*2=70%)
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Students who do not pass the subject will have a second chance at the "Segona convocatòria". The length, nature and contents of that test will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Sources of information

Basic

Students will have access to the class readings through Moodle. Students will be able to download the novel they have to read on their own at www.gutenberg.org

 

 
Complementary

Recommendations


 
Other comments
Students are encouraged to come to class with their readings done. Regular class attendance is a requirement and class participation is highly recommended.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.