Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - American Literature from the Colonial to Contemporary Period

ENGL 2265  American Literature from the Colonial to Contemporary Period

Prerequisites:

Three credits of 1000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552).

Antirequisites:

ENGL 3365, ENGL 3375

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week.

Credits:

6

Description:

This course surveys American Literature from the colonial New England Puritan period to the contemporary period to provide students with a foundational understanding of the development of traditions and influences within historical contexts during this broad sweep of time. The particular ways in which literary ""histories"" are constructed, ""periods"" designated and ""canons"" established and modified are also investigated. Poetry, essays, novels, short stories and dramas are all studied.