ENG 240 - Early American Literature: Pre-Columbus Through the Civil War

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Description:

Fulfills a course requirement in the English Literature Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: WTNG 102This survey course begins with Native American literary expressionsand concludes with the literature of the Civil War. The course coversexploration narratives of the 15th and 16th centuries, Americancolonial writing, the literature of the new American republic, and theliterary efforts of the 19th century romantics. The course concludeswith abolitionist writing and the literature of the Civil War. Thereading list includes Christopher Columbus, Anne Bradstreet, MaryRowlandson, Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, NathanielHawthorne, Frederick Douglass, and What Whitman.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2008 - 06/30/2013 

Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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