Courses

An introduction to American Studies as an area of critical inquiry, including a study of the theories and methods used in the field and readings of significant works that have shaped it. Required for a minor in American Studies. Same as ENGL 3300.

Team-taught, interdisciplinary study of American society and culture through selected readings from American literature and history, as well as other "texts" from art, mustic, industrial and technological developments, folk and popular culture. Specific topics vary with instructors; materials for study include culutral experiences and expressions of diverse groups within American society, including native Americans, African American, immigrants and women.

Team-taught, interdisciplinary study of American society and culture through selected readings from American literature and history, as well as other texts from art, music, industrial and technological developments, and folk and popular culture. Specific topics vary with instructors; materials for study include cultural experiences and expressions of diverse groups within American society, including Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants, and women.

Team-taught, interdisciplinary study of American society and culture throuh selected readings from American literature and history, as well as other texts from art, music, industrial and technological developments, and folk and popular culture. Specific topics vary with instructors; materials for study include cultural experiences and expressions of diverse groups within American society including Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants, and women.

Topics illustrating selected experiences, voices and themes of U.S. authors, including ethnic identities and literary movements. Focus varies with each course offering. May be repeated twice when the topics vary substantially.

Topics illustrating selected experiences, voices and themes of U.S. authors, including those describing ethnic identities and literary movements. Focus announced at each scheduling of course. May be repeated twice for credit when topics vary. May be offered concurrently with ENGL 4820.

Exploration of a significant topic or period in American literature; features current faculty research on such topics as Asian-American women writers, American music and literature and American Gothic.

Focuses on restricted periods in American literary history. Examples include colonial post-World War II American literature, and minority literature in America.

Selected major authors, works, themes, and/or genres from the colonial period to the early Republic.

Topics rotate: Colonial and Early American Literature: An examination of representative literary works from exploration and discovery through the era of the new American republic. American Romanticism: An examination of representative American literary works from the nineteenth century through the Civil War.