ENGL 0215 - Major American Writers

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Westfield State University

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Description:

A close reading of significant American writers from early America through the twentieth century. The course will include authors such as Edward Taylor, Anne Bradstreet, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Faulkner, and Morrison. Students develop skills that enable them to read the classics of American literature with greater pleasure and understanding. The interrelations of literature, the arts and social history receive considerable attention. New England Puritanism, Unitarianism, Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism are some of the movements that may be examined in this course. Not open to English majors. Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westfield.ma.edu/student-consumer-information

Phone Number:

(413) 572-5300

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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