American Literature: 1830-1900
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
311
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Studies in American literary and rhetorical traditions and movements from the early nineteenth-century to 1900.
Credits
Min
4
Max
4
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Identify and compare the main features of major literary movements in Nineteenth-Century American Literature, such as romanticism, transcendentalism, realism, and naturalism.
Outcome
Write essays that analyze important works of Nineteenth-Century American Literature.
Outcome
Compose essays that synthesize the complex literary themes and styles inherent in Nineteenth-Century American Literature.
Outcome
Compare and contrast the rich array of nineteenth-century American literary genres, such as literary nonfiction, the essay, the short story, the romance and novel, and poetry, etc.
Outcome
Analyze at least five distinct literary writing styles present in Nineteenth-Century American Literature.
Dependencies
Programs
ENGL311
is a
completion requirement
for: