Courses

Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

American literature 1865 to present with emphasis on writing and literary analysis. Writing is a significant component of this course. This course meets the Core Curriculum requirements for Area II: Literature.

A survey of American literature from 1865 to the present, including Realistic, Modern, and Postmodern literatures.

A sampling of modern American literature. Writers studied generally include: Dickinson, Twain, Crane, James, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Frost, and Stevenson.

Survey of American literature from 1865 to the present, including, work by Dickinson, Twain, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Morrison. Humanities, Literature, PW: Global Engagement

Students explore how regional and national American literature after the Civil experience. Coursework might involve literary exploration of the opening of the rise of the great American novel. Topics will vary. May be repeated once

Students examine selected works and movements in American literature from as the histories of discovery and conquest, nations and empire, race and slavery, permission of department Chair.

Chronological study of American literature from its beginnings to the post-World-War period, using the principles and practices of literary interpretation, research methodology, and other skills and terminology essential to the discipline.

A historical study of the diversity of American literature from the beginnings to the Civil War, encompassing a range of writing by women and men from various cultural, ethnic, and popular traditions.

A historical study of the diversity of American literature from the Civil War to the twentieth century, encompassing a range of writing by women and men from various cultural, ethnic, and popular traditions.