ENGL 226 - American Literature, 1865-1925

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

Study of the major developments in American literature and culture from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Literary movements such as realism, naturalism, regionalism, and modernism are examined, as well as literatures of ethnicity, race, and gender. Works studied are drawn from such authors as Twain, Howells, James, Jewett, Chestnutt, Chopin, Crane, London, Harte, DuBois, Gilman, Adams, Wharton, Dreiser, Pound, Eliot, Stein, Yezierska, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O’Neill, Frost, H. D., and Toomer. Wendy Graham.

This course satisfies the REGS or the pre-1900 requirement for the English major.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS