ENG253 Survey of American Literature: Pre-Civil War
Students read and study a variety of classic literary texts written in America between 1600 and 1870.Students read a variety of genres including poetry, short stories, slave narratives, and the early novel. Students learn how literature isboth a product of the history and culture that produced it as well as a commentary on it. Special emphasis on understanding howreligion, politics, gender, race, and class have shaped the early years of American Literature.
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