ENGL& 244: U.S. Literature I

EDP, H- Students explore a survey of United States English literature between from earliest written expression through the 19th Century. Through fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction, and/or film, students practice in-depth analysis of texts based on their literary elements and devices, cultural-historical contexts, and reflection of the complex human experience. Authors and texts may vary but typically illuminate aspects of Colonization, Slavery, Civil War, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Regionalism, Realism, and Naturalism. Within this survey the course may also focus on a theme chosen by the instructor.