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ENGLISH 471 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Fall 2023, Section 001 - From Romance to Realism: Nineteenth-Century American Key Texts
Instruction Mode: Section 001 is  In Person (see other Sections below)
Subject: English Language and Literature (ENGLISH)
Department: LSA English Language & Literature
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Details

Credits:
3
Waitlist Capacity:
unlimited
Consent:
With permission of instructor.
Repeatability:
May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:
Larson,Kerry C
Start/End Date:
Full Term 8/28/23 - 12/6/23 (see other Sections below)
NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
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Description

The course will survey the classics of American literature to the extent possible within one semester. We shall read a wide variety of authors to discover not just the timeliness of their remarkable innovations and imaginative transgression but the timelessness of their moral courage and wisdom. Questions about the role of literature in a democracy, the meaning of spiritual faith in an era of declining faith, the possibility of imagining radical change amid conditions of radical inequality, and the redemptive sanity of the natural world shall be some of the central issues we shall explore. Authors to be considered shall include Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, and Mark Twain, among others.

This course satisfies the following CURRENT English major/minor requirements: Pre-1900, American Literature

This course satisfies the following NEW English major/minor requirements: Foundations & Methods 300/400-level, Regions: Americas, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Time: 18th & 19th Centuries

Course Requirements:

Weekly quizzes, three essays (5 to 7 pages) and a final exam

Schedule

ENGLISH 471 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature
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001 (REC)
 In Person
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Open
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MW 11:30AM - 1:00PM3353 MH
8/28/23 - 12/6/23

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