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2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG* E221 - American Literature I (3 credits)


Code(s): AESX, HUM
Prerequisite(s): ENG* E102  
 
Close reading of selected major works of American Literature from colonial times to the close of the nineteenth century. Emphasis will be placed upon the social and cultural implications of the works as well as upon their relevance to our own time. Major concentration will be on such writers as Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Whitman, Crane, James, Twain, and Dickinson. Course Outline: ENG 221