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The course American Literature is designed to present major themes which run throughout American literary history and at the same time to suggest a way of understanding and interpreting that literature.

The course is intended for students whose reading skills are of an intermediate or advanced level of English and mainly for those classes studying literature of Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ho Chi Minh City Open University.  It is expected that all the teachers will feel free to select texts that are suitable for their teaching situation, rejects others and supplement when necessary.

This course begins by providing the student with a general knowledge about basic techniques for literary comprehension and interpretation. A brief introduction of American literature from its beginning to the modern period is then included by a survey of American literary history and introduction about literary trends. It continues with a range of literary texts in roughly chronological study of American writers to help the student to develop a genuine sense of growth and continuity in the American mind from 1607 to the present time.                               

Each unit contains a text with biographical information, some questions for comprehension and interpretation. The information accompanying the text aims to help the student to understand the text and can be used in a variety of circumstances: individual preparation, group presentation or class discussion.