ENGL 250 American Literature to 1865

Survey of major periods, works, and writers in American literature through the Civil War. Emphasis on the development of genuine American literature from Colonial through American Romantic periods. 

Credits

3

Offered

Fall, even years

Student Learning Outcomes

1. To demonstrate an introductory knowledge of American Literature, from beginnings to the Civil War
2. To describe American literary genres and their various developments throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries
3. To articulate how American history, ideas, politics, and religion inform American literature before 1865
4. To recognize and evaluate ethical, moral, and sociopolitical issues, raised by the literature, through class discussions, formal projects, and essays
5. To use various modes of literary interpretation and criticism