Winter 2019
Meeting:
MTWTh 9:30am - 10:20am / LOW 105
SLN:
14222
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
ADD CODE FROM INSTRUCTOR PD 3
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
We'll read and discuss an assortment of novels, stories, poems and memoirs by American authors in the period preceding the Civil War. Students will be expected to attend class regularly, keep up with reading assignments, and take part in open discussion. Written work will consist entirely of a series of brief in-class essays written in response to study questions handed out in advance.
Texts
The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume B of the five-volume eight edition
James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
Catalog Description:
Examines literatures of the early national period through the Civil War. How does the establishment of national political institutions and a national public culture affect literary production and reception? How are competing conceptions of the nation, the people, citizenship, democracy, industrialization, land, slavery, gender, race, and class represented and debated? Offered: AWSp.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
August 15, 2024 - 5:49 pm