ENGL 251 American Literature since 1865

Survey of major works and writers in American literature from the Civil War to the present. Emphasis on Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism. 

Credits

3

Offered

Spring, odd years

Student Learning Outcomes

1. To demonstrate an introductory knowledge of American Literature, from 1865 to the present day
2. To describe American literary genres and their various developments throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and early twenty-first centuries
3. To articulate how American history, ideas, politics, and religion inform American literature from 1865 until now
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