ENGL2011 — American Literature to 1900
ENGL 2011 - American Literature to 1900 ENGL 2011 - American Literature to 1900 Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: In this college literature course, intended for all students, focus is given to American Literature from its origins to 1900. Topics may cover the beginnings of the American nation; indigenous literature; African American identity; gender issues; immigration; and literary movements such as Romanticism, Transcendentalism, and Realism. Typical writers may include Anne Bradstreet, Phyllis Wheatley, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Charles Chesnutt, and Kate Chopin. MnTC Goals Goal 6 Goal 7A Major Content Pre-Colonial Period Historical and cultural analysis Social and cultural events (such as European colonization and exploration, examining what it means to be an American, etc.) Changes in racial, gender, sexual, and class perception and identity (such as examining women’s positions in this era, views on and by the indigenous population, etc.) Literary Elements Common elements of Pre-Colonial Literature (such as elements of Pre-Colonial Era narratives and poetry, the influence of religion in this era’s literature, etc.) Common themes of Pre-Colonial Literature (such as the definition of “American Literature,” questioning inclusion and exclusion in early American society, etc.) Colonial Period Historical and cultural analysis Social and cultural events (suc
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052