ENGL 353 A: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century

Autumn 2015

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FQ 2015
Class: English 353—MW 7:00-8:50
Instructor: Robert Abrams

Course Description:
A study of representative American texts culled from the latter half of the nineteenth century and deliberately selected to span a gamut of genres: the novel, the short story, the short lyric poem, autobiography and the essay. Be prepared to encounter a wide variety of literary voices, ranging from Huck Finn’s down-home utterances to Henry James’s urbane, elaborately woven prose. Themes will include race, gender, immigration, industrial revolution, class differences, growing religious skepticism, and urbanization.

Reading List:

Available online: writings by Dickinson, James, Gilman, Melville; Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams; Rebecca Harding Davis, Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories; Stephen Crane, The Portable Stephen Crane; Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk; Henry James, The Turn of the Screw; Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Stories

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Explores American fiction, poetry, and prose during the latter half of the nineteenth century. May include such representative authors of the period as Twain, Dickinson, DuBois, Crane, Wharton and Chopin, along with supplementary study of the broader cultural and political milieu.

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Arts and Humanities (A&H)

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