ALIT 245 - Literature of the American Civil War

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SUNY College at Oneonta

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Description:

3 s.h. This course will introduce a number of writers who experienced the Civil War. Some were well known before the war began: Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln. Some became significant because of the war: Mary Chestnut, Generals Sherman and Grant, and Ambrose Bierce. Readings will also look at certain historical events in order to understand how the war touched so many kinds of writers: women, African Americans, poets, novelists, politicians, and soldiers from the North and South. Prerequisites: COMP 100; LITR 100 or LITR 150. ( LA)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oneonta.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 436-3500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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