ENGL 256 - American Literary Culture in the 19th Century

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, WR

This course will explore the emergence of literary culture in American in the 19th century. We’ll examine the interaction of the American literary scene with its broader social and cultural context and its interaction with foreign literatures. Writers we consider may include Poe, Emerson, Stowe, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Hawthorne, Douglass, James, Twain, Jewett, Howells, Chopin, and Chesnutt. We’ll approach the readings in the contexts of the emergence and development of American literary culture while recognizing our positions as 21st-century readers. Emphasis will be given to reading historically and interpretively. Nature of Interpretation. American, 1700-1900. Enrollment limit: 30.
Instructor: T. Jaudan
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites for this Introductory Gateway course, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English.”