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ENGL 221H - American Literature: Colonial through the Civil War - Honors

(3,0) 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.
The influence of the earliest American writers evident in modern attitudes toward everything from the environment to Medicare. This course draws lines from the first days of our country to the pages of today’s newspaper. The approach is interdisciplinary, with readings in history and culture augmenting more traditional literature and criticism. Students read classic American writers such as Emerson, Douglass and Dickinson, as well as explorers, soldiers, homemakers, slaves, and politicians. Students examine Puritan commentaries on the Salem witch trials, then look at the trials from the perspectives of history and psychology. Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” is examined through the lens of contemporary critical approaches, including feminist criticism, reader-response criticism, and deconstruction.


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