EGL 231 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Course Units: 1.0

This course focuses on the self-conscious development of literary tradition in 19th century America – its meaning, its implications, its failures – and its aesthetic and moral possibilities. Writers under consideration may include Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Twain, and topics will include individualism, transcendentalism, abolition, the coming of war, the aftermath of war, growth, expansion, and power. Prerequisite(s): One 100-level English course or a score of 5 on the AP English Language or Literature and Composition test. CC: HUL, HUM, WAC