Texts and Materials

Required books:

• Highlights of American Literature (published by the Materials Branch English Language Programs Division). 1995.
• Monolingual English dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary or Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
• Dictionary of literary terms and literary theory. J.A. Cuddon. The Penguin. New Edition. 1992.
• Twenty timeless short stories. S.Marcus. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1995.

Recommended books:

• The US in literature. Scott, Foresman and Company. 1963.
• Reading between the lines. J. McRae and R. Boardman. Cambrige. 1996.
• Mastering English Literature. R. Gill. Macmillan. 1996.
• The Modern American Novels. M. Bradbury. Penguin. 1996.
• Modern novels. Martin, R.Hill. Prentice Hall. 1996.

Literary works for close analysis:

Fall Semester
• W.Irving. “The Devil and Tom Walker”, “Rip Van Winkle”.
• N.Hawthorne. “Twice-told tales”.
• E.Poe. “Tales of terror and detection”.
• H.James. “The American”.
• W.Whitman. “Leaves of Grass”.
• W.Faulkner. “Dry September”.
• S.Crane. “The Bride comes to Yellow Sky”.

Spring Semester
• C.Sandburg. “Chicago poems”.
• T.Draiser. “Short stories: “The second choice”, “Married”.
• E.Hemingway. “Short stories”.
• J.Steinbeck. “The winter of our discontent” (a novel).
• S.F.Fitzgerald. “The Great Gatsby” (a novel).
• K.Oates. “Heat” and other stories: “Capital punishment”, “Shopping”.
• W.Allen. “The Kugelmass episode”.
• T.Williams. “The glass menagerie”.
• E.O’Neil. “Ile” from “The Long Voyage Home”.