The Era of Modernism in American history.

Ezra Pound “ Cantos ”, T.S. Eliot “ The Waste Land”, “Four Quartets ”

Wallace Stevens Harmonium (1923), Ideas of Order (1935), Parts of a World (1942), and The Auroras of Autumn (1950).

William Carlos Williams Spring and All (1923), American Grain (1925)

Hilda Doolittle The Walls Do Not Fall (1944), Tribute to the Angels (1945), The Flowering Rod (1946), and Collected Poems 1912-1944 (1983)

2. Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes The First Book of Negros (1952), The First Book of Jazz (1955), The Book of Negro Folklore (1958);

Claude McKay Harlem Shadows (1922), Home to Harlem (1928); Banjo (1929); and Banana Bottom (1933);

Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Mules and Men (1935)

3. American Drama: Eugene O’Neill The Emperor Jones (1920), The Hairy Ape (1922), Desire Under the Elms (1924), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), and The Iceman Cometh (1946), Long Day's Journey into Night.

Assignments:

Ø Write out and learn the meaning of literary terms: Modernism, Lost Generation, stream-of-concsiousness..

Ø

References:

1. American Literature. A Chronological Approach / Editors Robert Carlsen, Edgar Schuster, Antony Tovatt, Patricia Tovatt. — New York, Columbus, Mission Hills: The McGraw-Hill Literature Press, 1995. — P. 597-599, 910.

2. Outline of American Literature. – The USA Information Agency / Christopher Little. – 1994. – 125 p.

3. Highlights of American Literature. — Washington D. C.: English Language Program Division, 1988. — P. 196-206, 169-174.

4. Hecker M., Golovenchenko A., Kolesnikov B. American Literature. — M.: Prosveshcheniye, 1988. — P. 189-205.

5. Стулов Ю. 100 писателей США. — Минск, 1998. — С. 315-321, 129-132.

6. Денисова Т.Н. Роман і романісти США ХХ ст. — К.: Дніпро, 1990. — С. 101‑124, 69-86.

7. Афанасьев Н. Творчество Эрнеста Хемингуэя. — М., 1982.

8. Старцев А. От Уитмена до Хемингуэя. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1972. — С. 302-367.

9. Bradbury M. Introduction // Hemingway E. A Farewell to Arms. — The Millenium Library, 1993. — P. V-XXV.

10. Fenton J. Introduction // Hemingway E. Selected Stories. — The Millenium Library, 1995. — P. XIII-XXV.

11. История всемирной литературы: В 2 ч. — М., 1984.

12. Литературная история Соединенных Штатов Америки: В 3 т. — М., 1977-1979.

13. История американской литературы: В 2 ч. — М., 1971.

14. Гиленсон Б.А. Америка Синклера Льюиса. — М., 1972.

Seminar № 7

THE AMERICAN NOVEL OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20™ CENTURY.

1. Peculiarities and development of the American Novel.

a) John Steinbeck East of Eden;

b) Katherine Anne Porter Flowering Judas (1930), Noon Wine (1937), Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939);

c) William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932), and Abasalom, Abasalom! (1936)

2. Life and literary activity of S. Lewis.

a) the realistic expression of the provincial life in the novel Main Street;

b) the characters of the novel.

3. The problem of the Lost Generation.

a) F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and the Damned (1922), The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night.

b) E. Hemigway The Sun Also Rises, Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and The Sea. Hemingway's manner of writing.

Assignments:

ØPrepare a report: "E. Hemingway's social viewpoint", “E. Hemingway's style of writing".

Ø Prepare a report:“The Problems and Characters of the novel Babbit by S. Lewis ".

References:

1. American Literature. A Chronological Approach / Editors Robert Carlsen, Edgar Schuster, Antony Tovatt, Patricia Tovatt. — New York, Columbus, Mission Hills: The McGraw-Hill Literature Press, 1995. — P. 597-599, 910.

2. Outline of American Literature. – The USA Information Agency / Christopher Little. – 1994. – 125 p.

3. Highlights of American Literature. — Washington D. C.: English Language Program Division, 1988. — P. 196-206, 169-174.

4. Hecker M., Golovenchenko A., Kolesnikov B. American Literature. — M.: Prosveshcheniye, 1988. — P. 189-205.

5. Стулов Ю. 100 писателей США. — Минск, 1998. — С. 315-321, 129-132.

6. Денисова Т.Н. Роман і романісти США ХХ ст. — К.: Дніпро, 1990. — С. 101‑124, 69-86.

7. Афанасьев Н. Творчество Эрнеста Хемингуэя. — М., 1982.

8. Старцев А. От Уитмена до Хемингуэя. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1972. — С. 302-367.

9. Bradbury M. Introduction // Hemingway E. A Farewell to Arms. — The Millenium Library, 1993. — P. V-XXV.

10. Fenton J. Introduction // Hemingway E. Selected Stories. — The Millenium Library, 1995. — P. XIII-XXV.

15. История всемирной литературы: В 2 ч. — М., 1984.

16. Литературная история Соединенных Штатов Америки: В 3 т. — М., 1977-1979.

17. История американской литературы: В 2 ч. — М., 1971.

18. Гиленсон Б.А. Америка Синклера Льюиса. — М., 1972.

Seminar № 8

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