American Literature & Culture (ENGL2330)
Course level
Undergraduate
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
2 Seminar hours
Prerequisite
#4 from Arts schedule
Recommended prerequisite
The gateway course ENGL1800 (Literary Classics: Texts and Traditions) is highly recommended, along with either ENGL1500 (Contemporary Literature: Reading and Writing) or ENGL1100 (Introduction to Australian Literature).
Restricted
Course offering may be cancelled unless a minimum of 20 students enrol.
Assessment methods
Participation, Online Discussion, Essay and Final Exam.
Course enquiries
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.
Course description
NOT 2013 NOT 2011 This course examines a series of significant literary works from the 19th and early 20th centuries that explore what it means to be American. We investigate this question from a variety of standpoints: how is American-ness defined in relation to religious affiliation, indigeneity, Europe, race, gender, class and sexuality? Works studied may include those by authors such as Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, Henry James and William Faulkner. NOTE: Course offering may be cancelled unless a minimum of 20 students enrol.
