English 348 - American Literature,1865 to 1914 J.C.Masteller

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Whitman College

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A study of major authors in the American literary tradition from the Civil War to World War I. Topics may include the reaction to "romanticism"; the development of "realism" and "naturalism"; the problem of using such labels; concerns about the effect of social change on the individual; and the emergence of diverse regional, racial, ethnic, and gendered voices. Authors covered may include Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, William Dean Howells, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Chesnutt, Paul Dunbar, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Kate Chopin, Zitkala a, Sui Sin Far, Abraham Cahan, E. A. Robinson, and Robert Fr

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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