Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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ENG 3220 - American Literature: 1865-1918
Authors, works, and genres of American literature from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War I.
Requisites: ENG 2010 or 2020 or 250 or 2 courses above ENG 200 or (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- An understanding of the major literary trends in American literature written between 1865 and 1918.
- Gender warfare, class, economy, science, urbanization, and the closing of the American frontier as it pertains to this literary period.
- Some familiarity with African, American, Native American, and multiethnic literature written between 1865 and 1918.
- The debates over Americanization as they pertain to this period of literature.
- The roles that Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modern and aesthetic experimentation play in the literature of this period.
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