American Literature From 1865

This course explores writings in the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present with emphases on major literary movements such as Realism, Regional Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, Postmodernism, and Multiculturalism or writing circles such as the Chicago Renaissance and Harlem Renaissance understood in relation to their intellectual, social and political contexts. Critical analyses of representative works with attention to the elements of various genres through primary and secondary resources will be required.

Note: Recommended for the IAI English major or Gen Ed elective. IAI English majors should be aware that universities may not accept elective literature courses other than British and American survey courses for the major when transferring. Recommended Prereq, C or better in ENG085 or ENG095 or placement by appropriate measures into college-level English