American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Civil War
ENGL 203
Fall 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 243 |
This lecture course marks a path through American literature, moving from European fantasies and narratives of the conquest of the New World to representations of slavery, industrialization, and U.S. national expansion. We will begin by considering the role of "America" (both the idea and the real continents) in world history; the questions we raise will return often as we look closely at the literature. Whether sermon, imperial report to the metropole, memoir, poem, or novel, the forms of our texts differentiate them as much as their content sometimes unites them; therefore, we will examine the consequences, both political and aesthetic, of literary conventions. We will pay special attention to the relationship between texts and images (illustration, painting, iconography). |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 8th edition, vols. A and B
Authors will include, among others: Poe, Melville, Dickinson, Franklin, Wheatley, Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Equiano, Jefferson, Hawthorne, Douglass, Columbus, Cabeza de Vaca, David Walker.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two papers (5pp.), two exams, two short reading exercises (2pp.). Class visits to Special Collections in Olin Library to examine and discuss early editions of key texts. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Literary History II requirement and contributes to the American Literature concentration of the English major and is recommended by the American Studies major as a pre-1900 course that introduces students to a wide range of cultural and historical as well as literary concerns. |
| Instructor(s): Striker,Tristan Alexander Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 8 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 10 | FR: 5 |
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