LIT-209

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American Literature I

LiteratureUndergraduateHumanities, Business, & Social Sciences

Analyze a selection of American literature of different genres from its origins to the Civil War

Compare common themes prevalent in texts of different time periods and regions of the United States and its territories

Analyze the historical, social, and cultural influences on selected literary works

Use appropriate research methods for literary analysis.

New England/ Puritan writing

The Enlightenment

American Romanticism

Transcendentalism

The slave narrative