ENGL 376 - 001

This course is a study of the rise of American Literature of this period. Authors may include Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Dreiser.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the distinctive historical conditions that inform American literature of this period, and will be able to identify and discuss some of its ideological and generic characteristics.

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Number

4765

Career

Undergraduate

Units

3 units

Grading

Graded Alpha

Description

This course is a study of the rise of American Literature of this period. Authors may include Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Dreiser.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the distinctive historical conditions that inform American literature of this period, and will be able to identify and discuss some of its ideological and generic characteristics.

Enrollment Requirements

Pre-requisites: UCWR 110 and one 200-level English course.

Class Notes

This course examines fiction by selected U.S. writers from the Civil War to the First World War, paying particular attention to theories of Realism, to associated Regional forms, to literary Naturalism, and the contribution of literary works to emerging notions of ¿the modern.¿ Readings will include works by Henry James, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, James Weldon Johnson, and Willa Cather.

Instructor(s)

Jack Kerkering

Meets

MoWeFr 12:35PM - 1:25PM

Dates

01/13/2025 - 04/26/2025

Instruction Mode

In person

Campus

Lake Shore Campus

Location

Lake Shore Campus

Components

Lecture Required

Status

Open

Seats Taken

34

Seats Open

1

Class Capacity

35

Wait List Total

0

Wait List Capacity

0