INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

Course Information
TitleΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΟΥ ΝΟΤΟΥ / INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH
CodeΛογ7-340
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolEnglish Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600006079

Programme of Study: 2018-2019

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesWinter/Spring-6

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600109032
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course is designed to give students an overview of the literature of the American South from colonial times up to the 20th century. It will trace the development of different social, political, and philosophical issues as they are reflected in ante-bellum fiction, Civil War fiction, slave narratives, the oral tradition, the varieties of local color writing, the myths of the Old and New South. Required primary reading includes the work of William Byrd, Thomas Jefferson, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson Jones Hooper, Harriet Jacobs, William Faulkner, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is strongly recommended that students who intend to register for Lit7-476E take this course beforehand in order to be better prepared for the fourth year course.
Last Update
20-09-2013