Academic Calendar 2017/2018 - Adventurers, Outlaws, or Pioneers of the Frontier: Early American Literature

ENGL 2266  Adventurers, Outlaws, or Pioneers of the Frontier: Early American Literature

Prerequisites:

3 credits of 1000 level English (excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552)

Antirequisites:

ENGL 2265

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Were the explorers who set out to settle the New World, America, adventurers, outlaws, or pioneers? How does the notion of the frontier shape early American Literature? From early travelogues and diaries to poetry and fiction, students examine early American historical and literary narratives from different socio-cultural perspectives.