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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Examines American literature in the context of the colonial Atlantic world and the early Republic, including such writers as Bradford, Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards, Franklin, Wheatley, Irving, and Bryant.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys the development and range of black American writers and writers of the black Atlantic, focusing on poetry and prose from the Middle Passage to the Civil War.
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4.00 Credits
Studies the nineteenth-century development of an American national literary tradition in the context of democratic and romantic attitudes toward experience, nation formation, and national crisis. Includes such writers as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Fuller, and Melville.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the realist tradition in American literature, including local color and native humor, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twentieth century. Includes such writers as Twain, James, Harding Davis, Howells, Crane, Chesnutt, and Norris.
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4.00 Credits
Studies major developments in American poetry and fiction from 1900 to 1945. Considers such poets as Frost, Eliot, Stevens, Williams, and Moore and such novelists as Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Cather.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys the development and range of black American writers in poetry and prose from the post-Civil War period to the present.
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4.00 Credits
Explores contemporary literature by and about writers from distinctive American ethnic groups (for example, Native, Asian, African, Latino/Latina, Jewish, Italian, Irish, or Arab). Features a variety of works that reflect an evolving recognition of the artistically and culturally diverse nature of American literature.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to American writers of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, South Asian, and Southeast Asian descent. Focuses on works published since the 1960s. Pays close attention to prevalent themes, sociohistorical contexts, and literary form.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to American authors from various Spanish-speaking origins (for example, Mexican, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican). Explores the use of both traditional and experimental forms and themes such as gender roles, bilingualism, and cultural identity. Examines works written in English and published since the 1960s.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to American Indian authors and critics. Emphasizes works published since the Native American renaissance of the late 1960s. Addresses ongoing critical debates such as the connection between Native traditions and contemporary American Indian literature.
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