Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
WL31820
Module Title
LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2 x 2,500 word essays | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected. |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, students should typically be able to:
1 demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the core literary texts and of appropriate critical approaches to the study of those texts
2 demonstrate an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts in which the set material was produced
3 write about the set material in a well-structured and well-argued way
4 illustrate their knowledge and views by drawing upon appropriate literary, historical and critical sources beyond the core literary texts
5 demonstrate developing skills in critical analysis
Content
1: Course Introduction
2: Rambling, Prospecting, Telling Tall Tales
Required reading: Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
3: Ecology, Feminism and the Desert
Required reading: Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903); and Frederick Jackson Turner, 'The Frontier in American History' (1893)
4: The Western
Required reading: Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
5: The Great Plains
Required reading: Willa Cather, My Antonia (1917)
6: Los Angeles Noir
Required reading: Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939)
7: Native American Fiction
Required reading: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
8: Border Fiction
Required reading: Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992)
9: Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Required reading: Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border (1993)
10: Masculinity
Required reading and viewing: E. Annie Proulx, 'Brokeback Mountain' (1999); and Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee, 2005)
2: Rambling, Prospecting, Telling Tall Tales
Required reading: Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
3: Ecology, Feminism and the Desert
Required reading: Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903); and Frederick Jackson Turner, 'The Frontier in American History' (1893)
4: The Western
Required reading: Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
5: The Great Plains
Required reading: Willa Cather, My Antonia (1917)
6: Los Angeles Noir
Required reading: Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939)
7: Native American Fiction
Required reading: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
8: Border Fiction
Required reading: Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992)
9: Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Required reading: Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border (1993)
10: Masculinity
Required reading and viewing: E. Annie Proulx, 'Brokeback Mountain' (1999); and Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee, 2005)
Brief description
1: Course Introduction
2: Rambling, Prospecting, Telling Tall Tales
Required reading: Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
3: Ecology, Feminism and the Desert
Required reading: Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903); and Frederick Jackson Turner, 'The Frontier in American History' (1893)
4: The Western
Required reading: Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
5: The Great Plains
Required reading: Willa Cather, My Antonia (1917)
6: Los Angeles Noir
Required reading: Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939)
7: Native American Fiction
Required reading: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
8: Border Fiction
Required reading: Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992)
9: Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Required reading: Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border (1993)
10: Masculinity
Required reading and viewing: E. Annie Proulx, 'Brokeback Mountain' (1999); and Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee, 2005)
2: Rambling, Prospecting, Telling Tall Tales
Required reading: Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
3: Ecology, Feminism and the Desert
Required reading: Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903); and Frederick Jackson Turner, 'The Frontier in American History' (1893)
4: The Western
Required reading: Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
5: The Great Plains
Required reading: Willa Cather, My Antonia (1917)
6: Los Angeles Noir
Required reading: Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939)
7: Native American Fiction
Required reading: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
8: Border Fiction
Required reading: Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992)
9: Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Required reading: Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border (1993)
10: Masculinity
Required reading and viewing: E. Annie Proulx, 'Brokeback Mountain' (1999); and Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee, 2005)
Aims
1: Course Introduction
2: Rambling, Prospecting, Telling Tall Tales
Required reading: Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
3: Ecology, Feminism and the Desert
Required reading: Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903); and Frederick Jackson Turner, 'The Frontier in American History' (1893)
4: The Western
Required reading: Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
5: The Great Plains
Required reading: Willa Cather, My Antonia (1917)
6: Los Angeles Noir
Required reading: Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939)
7: Native American Fiction
Required reading: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
8: Border Fiction
Required reading: Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992)
9: Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Required reading: Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border (1993)
10: Masculinity
Required reading and viewing: E. Annie Proulx, 'Brokeback Mountain' (1999); and Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee, 2005)
2: Rambling, Prospecting, Telling Tall Tales
Required reading: Mark Twain, Roughing It (1872)
3: Ecology, Feminism and the Desert
Required reading: Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903); and Frederick Jackson Turner, 'The Frontier in American History' (1893)
4: The Western
Required reading: Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
5: The Great Plains
Required reading: Willa Cather, My Antonia (1917)
6: Los Angeles Noir
Required reading: Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939)
7: Native American Fiction
Required reading: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
8: Border Fiction
Required reading: Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992)
9: Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Required reading: Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border (1993)
10: Masculinity
Required reading and viewing: E. Annie Proulx, 'Brokeback Mountain' (1999); and Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee, 2005)
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6