EN303 American Literary Tradition

Prerequisites: EN 211, EN 212 A study of the foundational works of American literature in their historical context. After initial attention to literary nonfiction and poetry of the colonial and Revolutionary eras, the course will focus primarily on major antebellum authors such as Poe, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Douglass, Melville, and Dickinson. Later nineteenth-century authors such as Twain, James, and Chopin will also receive significant attention.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

RH104 [minimum grade = D-] or RH101 [minimum grade = D-] and RH102 [minimum grade = D-] or RH101 [transfer credit] or RH102 [transfer credit]