Survey of American Literature
Academic Level:
Undergraduate
Department:
Humanities
Subject:
Literature
Prerequisites:
Complete ENG 101
Corequisites:
None
Credits:
3
This course fosters appreciation for the forms and content of American literature as an imaginative exploration of the nation?s experience and values. It is a representative survey of American fictional and non-fictional prose and verse. Students read a variety of writers and genres from all periods of American literature, 1600 to the present. Students are required to write a series of interpretive essays.
