ENG1230-01.American Literatures to 1860.Sp15.Olson,Mark

Faculty Name

Mark Olson

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

ENG

Course Subject

ENG

Course Number

ENG

Course Section

1230

Course Title

American Literatures to 1860

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2015

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

H

Area of Study

ENG

Course Description

Goals: To survey American literature to 1860 in its cultural and intellectual contexts. Content: Literary forms such as sermon, oral narrative, autobiography, journals, essays, poetry, and fiction. Possible authors and texts: Native American poetry and tales, Cabeza de Vaca, Mary Rowlandson, Sor Juana, Benjamin Franklin, William Apess, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. Taught: Annually. Prerequisite: ENG 1110 or its equivalent, or concurrent registration. Credits: 4 credits

Recommended Citation

Olson, Mark, "ENG1230-01.American Literatures to 1860.Sp15.Olson,Mark" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 4705.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/4705