EN 225 - Masterpieces of American Literature I

Institution:

Albertus Magnus College

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Description:

This introductory survey traces the development of a distinctly American literary tradition in relation to questions of national identity, selfhood, gender, and race. Drawn from contact and colonial writing through the ante-bellum period, readings may include Native American myths; exploration and captivity narratives; religious writing; poems by Bradstreet, Taylor, Whittier, and Longfellow; autobiographies by Franklin and Douglass; essays by Emerson and Thoreau; fiction by Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville. 3 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.albertus.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 773-8550

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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