American Literature: Back to the Future, Forward to the Past

1 credits · Undergraduate

Americans experienced the suffering of two civil wars in coming to a sense of nationhood and wrestled with formulating their own literary tradition into the twentieth century. This course surveys Americans' writing about themselves since the eighteenth century through the filters of geographical regions, racial segregation, urban alienation, and modern aestheticism. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits. Students may take only one of ENGL 3300Y or 3301H for credit.