ENG 300 - Mark Twain and His Times

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Charter Oak State College

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Description:

This course studies representative works by one of America's greatest authors writing in the post-Civil War industrial age in the United States. It is an intensive study of Mark Twain's writing from the "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" through "Life on the Mississippi", "Huck Finn", "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", "Pudd'nhead Wilson" and later writings, with special attention to American democratic vision, technology, Victorian society, and racism. The relation between humor, ethics, and American idealism will be stressed. Students will read selections from Twain's travel books and short stories and three of his novels, plus other

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.charteroak.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 515-3800

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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