IGNOU MEG-11 American Novel | Detailed Syllabus

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Block 1 – James F. Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans

  • Unit 1 – The Beginnings
  • Unit 2 – The Man, The Milieu, and The Moment
  • Unit 3 – The Last of the Mohicans: An Analysis
  • Unit 4 – Perspectives on the Novel-I
  • Unit 5 – Perspectives on the Novel-II

Block 2 – Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie

  • Unit 1 – The Literary Context
  • Unit 2 – Theodore Dreiser: The Man and The Writer
  • Unit 3 – Sister Carrie: A Critical Summary
  • Unit 4 – Sister Carrie: A Critical Study of the Major Themes

Block 3 – F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

  • Unit 1 – The Man, The Milieu, And The Moment
  • Unit 2 – The Plot and The Self-Improving Hero
  • Unit 3 – The Great Gatsby and Fable, Symbol and Allegory
  • Unit 4 – The Great Gatsby: And the Narrative Technique
  • Unit 5 – Critics and Criticism: An Overview

Block 4 – William Faulkner: Light in August

  • Unit 1 – American Fiction in 1920s and 1930s
  • Unit 2 – The Novel in The South
  • Unit 3 – Light in August: Structure and Narrative Strategies
  • Unit 4 – Characterisation and Critical Approaches

Block 5 – Henry Miller: Black Spring

  • Unit 1 – Sexual Revolution in Modern American Literature
  • Unit 2 – The Great Tradition
  • Unit 3 – The Outsider
  • Unit 4 – The Indelible Impact
  • Unit 5 – Henry Miller’s Works: Black Spring
  • Unit 6 – Critical Approaches

Block 6 – J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye

  • Unit 1 – The Author and The Plot
  • Unit 2 – The Main Themes and Characters
  • Unit 3 – The Language in The Catcher in the Rye
  • Unit 4 – Critical Interpretations

Block 7 – John Barth: Floating Opera

  • Unit 1 – The Postwar American Novel
  • Unit 2 – The Experimental Novel
  • Unit 3 – The Floating Opera: An Analysis of Text
  • Unit 4 – Philosophic Formulations and The Farce of Reason
  • Unit 5 – From Modernity to Post Modernity

Block 8 – Scott Mamaday : A House Made of Dawn

  • Unit 1 – Native American Literature
  • Unit 2 – Native American Fiction
  • Unit 3 – The Making of Momaday
  • Unit 4 – House Made of Dawn: An Analysis
  • Unit 5 – Critical Perspectives

Block 9 – Alice Walker: The Color Purple

  • Unit 1 – The Women, The Moment and The Milieu-I
  • Unit 2 – The Women, The Moment and The Milieu-II
  • Unit 3 – The Color Purple and its Structure
  • Unit 4 – Analysis of Celie’s Letters-I
  • Unit 5 – Analysis of Celie’s Letters-II
  • Unit 6 – Themes emerging from Celie’s Letters