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21L.006

American Literature

3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H · Undergraduate

Studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. Considers a range of texts - including, novels, essays, films, and electronic media - and their efforts to define the notion of American identity. Readings usually include works by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, Sherman Alexie, and Toni Morrison. Enrollment limited.

Spring 2013

This course studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. It considers a range of texts - including, novels, essays, and poetry - and their efforts to define the notion of American identity. Readings usually include works by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, and Toni Morrison.

Readings

  • Baym, Nina, Wayne Franklin, Philip F. Gura, et al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature . Shorter 7th ed. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. ISBN: 9780393930573.
    Required
  • [Morrison] = Morrison, Toni. Jazz . Plume, 1993. ISBN: 9780452269651.
    Required
  • Readings are in the Norton Anthology , unless otherwise noted.
    Required
  • Baym, Nina, Wayne Franklin, Philip F. Gura, et al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature . Shorter 7th ed. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. ISBN: 9780393930573.
    Listed reading
  • [Morrison] = Morrison, Toni. Jazz . Plume, 1993. ISBN: 9780452269651.
    Listed reading
  • All page numbers are in the Norton Anthology , unless otherwise noted. Students are expected to read historical and biographical head-notes for readings in the Norton Anthology .
    Listed reading
  • Claude McKay pp. 2044-47.
    Listed reading
  • Zora Neale Hurston pp. 2057-69.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: None U (Spring) 3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H

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