The American Novel, 1850-1940

Three credits · Undergraduate

What kinds of social creatures are people? What causes our social lives to fall into patterns, shapes, and configurations? How do these forms define our social worlds? In this class we will look at American novels written at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century as resources for understanding the complexity of modern social life. Prerequisite: 9 credits ENGL. Three credits.