Considers the backdrop of the American West in literature, film, photography, and computer gaming. We will focus on a range of narratives and images depicting this wide swathe of American geography while simultaneously cultivating close reading skills, digital media analysis and film analysis that will aid you in deeper insights at the textual level. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: U.S. context.
Chronological survey of the literature from Whitman to Faulkner. Continuation of ENGL 2655. Credit not granted for this course and ENGL 3664. Similar to ENGL 3665.
Explores American literature as a site of cultural intersection between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Examines how literature participates in the creation of American national culture and identify. Surveys major political writing and a variety of literary genres, tropes, and themes from early native Americal tales to the 20th-cerntury literature. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Surveys the American novel. Covers the early development of the American novel, its rise in the 19th- and 20th-centuries, and its contemporary expressions. Students will be introduced to theories of the novel, the major movements and authors, as well as the characteristics that define the American novel as unique. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Surveys American poetry from the 17th- to the 21st-century. Includes training in poetic theory, form, and genre, as well as in poetic analysis. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Provides an in-depth study of the work of one or two major American authors. Explores the range, influences, and development of a writer over his or her life. May be repeatable for a total of 9 units for different topics. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Extensive study of particular periods and movements in American literature. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Extensive study of particular periods and movements in American literature. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores a special topic in American literature. May be repeated for a total of 9 units for different topics. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
