Modern and contemporary American literature
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Madrid :
UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
2013.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425553706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MODERN AND CONTEMPORAR Y AMERICAN LITERATURE ; PÁGINA LEGAL; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS; 1. OUTLINE OF THE VOLUME; 2. LEARNING OUTCOMES; 3. RECOMMENDATIONS; FIRST STUDY BLOCK 1900-1945; 1. PRESENTATION: CLUES TO THE PERIOD; 1.1. The United States at the turn of the century; 1.2. Literary Modernism(s) in America; 2. TEXT ANALYSIS: SHERWOOD ANDERSON'S REVOLT; 2.1. APPROACHING Anderson's «Hands; 2.2. REVISITING «Hands»; 3. EXERCISES; 3.1. Test yourself; 3.2. Explore; 3.3. Key terms; 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY; 4.1. Recommended readings; 4.2. Critical works cited
- 4.3. Literary works mentioned in this UnitUNIT TWO «MAKE IT NEW»: EXPERIMENTS IN POETRY; 1. PRESENTATION: NEW POETRY; 1.1. European, Asian and African influences: The International Style; 1.2. Technical and thematic innovations; 1.3. The aim of poetry; 2. TEXT ANALYSIS; 2.1. APPROACHING Modernist poetry; 2.2. REVISITING Modernist poetry; T. S. Eliot's «The Hollow Men; William Carlos Williams' «This is Just to Say»; Wallace Stevens' «Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock; Robert Frost's «After Apple-Picking; 3. EXERCISES; 3.1. Test yourself; 3.2. Explore; 3.3. Key terms; 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 4.1. Recommended readings4.2. Critical works cited; 4.3. Literary works mentioned in this Unit; UNIT THREE «AN AGE OF MIRACLES AND SATIRE»: JAZZ AND DEPRESSION; 1. PRESENTATION: A LOST GENERATION; 1.1. Babbitts and Gatsbies; 1.2. Agony of the American Dream: Coming to terms with the wasteland; 2. TEXT ANALYSIS: F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S FLAWED ADAM; 2.1. APPROACHING Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby; 2.2. REVISITING The Great Gatsby; 3. EXERCISES; 3.1. Test yourself; 3.2. Explore; 3.3. Key terms; 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY; 4.1. Recommended readings; 4.2. Critical works cited
- 4.3. Literary works mentioned in this UnitUNIT FOUR «IF ONLY I STILL HAD FAITH IN WORDS»: EXPERIMENTS IN FICTION; 1. PRESENTATION: DISBELIEF IN WORDS; 2. TEXT ANALYSIS: WILLIAM FAULKNER'S INNOVATIVE FICTION; 2.1. APPROACHING Faulkner's «Barn Burning; 2.2. REVISITING «Barn Burning; 3. TEXT ANALYSIS: ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S SEARCH FOR GRACE; 3.1. APPROACHING Hemingway's «The Snows of Kilimanjaro; 3.2. REVISITING «The Snows of Kilimanjaro»; 4. EXERCISES; 4.1. Test yourself; 4.2. Explore; 4.3. Key terms; 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY; 5.1. Recommended readings; 5.2. Critical works cited
- 5.3. Literary works mentioned in this UnitUNIT FIVE THE «NEW NEGRO» AND THE «NEW WOMAN»: RACE AND GENDER IN THE MODERNIST PROJECT; 1. PRESENTATION: RACE AND GENDER IN MODERNIST AMERICA; 1.1. Harlem and the «New Negro; 1.2. The «New Woman» and the new century; 2. TEXT ANALYSIS: LANGSTON HUGHES' POETIC CLAIMS; 2.1. APPROACHING Hughes' «I, Too»; 2.2. REVISITING Hughes' «I, Too; 3. TEXT ANALYSIS: ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S PROUD FICTION; 3.1. APPROACHING Hurston's «The Gilded Six-Bits; 3.2. REVISITING «The Gilded Six-Bits; 4. TEXT ANALYSIS: EDITH WHARTON'S REVISIONIST FICTION
- 4.1. APPROACHING Wharton's «Roman Fever»
