American Novel Before the Civil War
ENGL 209
Fall 2008
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 298 |
This course surveys novels written and published in the United States through the first half of the 19th century. We will attend closely to literary form and will aim to come to conclusions about patterns of development, emphasizing the relationship between these novels and central matters of history and social change. We will think of novelistic themes in relation to the ways writers express them formally and to the ways audiences might have experienced the books in reading. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | 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: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
William Hill Brown, THE POWER OF SYMPATHY
Susanna Rowson, CHARLOTTE TEMPLE
Charles Brockden Brown, WIELAND
James Fenimore Cooper, THE PIONEERS
Edgar Allan Poe, NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Susan Warner, THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD
Herman Melville, MOBY-DICK
Nathaniel Hawthorne, HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
William Wells Brown, CLOTEL
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short papers. Two medium-length or one longer essay. |
| Instructor(s): Garrett,Matthew Carl Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: CAAS CONF; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 12 | JR major: 12 | | |
| Seats Available: 25 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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