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DATOS IDENTIFICATIVOS							2011_12
Asignatura	LITERATURA NORTEAMERICANA II					Código	00408129
Enseñanza	LIC. EN FILOLOGIA INGLESA
Descriptores	Cr.totales	Tipo	Curso	Semestre
	9	Troncal	Cuarto	Anual
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Departamento	FILOLOGIA MODERNA
Responsable	ÁLVAREZ MAURÍN , MARÍA JOSÉ				Correo-e	mjalvm@unileon.es imarj@unileon.es
Profesores/as	ÁLVAREZ MAURÍN , MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍN JUNQUERA , IMELDA
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Descripción general	"- To offer a survey of American literature in the 20th-Century - To introduce American culture in the same period - To develop critical skills on poetry, fiction, and drama" "
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Objetivos

"- To offer a survey of American literature in the 20th-Century - To introduce American culture in the same period - To develop critical skills on poetry, fiction, and drama" "

Metodologías

Even though the course has an important theoretical load, its central goal is to train students in literary criticism. Therefore, the course will consist of lectures by the instructors and text analysis, where participation by the students will be essential. "

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Evaluación

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"Grading method: -final written examination with two sections, one with short questions and one with long essay questions. This exam will be equivalent to 50 % of the final grade. - Periodical quizzes on the readings assigned. This quizzes will be equivalent to 25 % of the final grade. Those students who do not take these quizzes during the course will have to do so in the final exam. - Written paper (5-10 pages) to be submitted in May. The topic for the paper should be discussed with the instructors in advance. The written paper will be equivalent to 15% of the final grade. - Oral presentation in groups. All the students are required to undertake an oral presentation in groups (4 members maximum). The topic for the presentation should be discussed with the instructors in advance. This will be equivalent to 10 % of the final grade." "

Fuentes de información

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Básica
	"Paul Lauter, ed., The Heath Anthology of American Literature (2nd vol.) Emory Elliott, ed., The Columbia Literary History of the United States Emory Elliott, ed., The Columbia History of the American Novel C. W. E. Bigsby, A Critical Introduction to 20th-century American Drama (3 vols.) Sacvan Bercovitch, The Cambridge History of American Literature (vol. 8: Poetry and Criticism)" "
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