Course details

Name: ENGL - 336

Title: AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2020

Credits: 3

Description:
This course focuses on American versions of realism and naturalism. We will investigate the complex cultural and ideological work performed by these movements in their historical context, with particular attention given to the representation of class, gender, nativism, and race. We will also examine how these writers engaged or resisted the concept of American Exceptionalism. Authors to be studied may include Bierce, Cather, Chesnutt, Chopin, Crane, Dreiser, Gilman, Hopkins, Howells, James, London, Norris, Twain, and Wharton.

Last updated on 2019-10-31 By Knight Melinda (knightm)

Schedule: Thursday From 5:30 pm To 8:00 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
• Pre-1900 American (TE 1c)
• Other American (TE 1d)
• Pre-1900 (1c)
• Ethnic Studies (3b)
• Women and Gender Studies (3c)

Teaching Faculty: Knight Melinda (knightm)

Is course canceled: No