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| Status: | Active |
| SUNY ID: | 120983 |
| Full Title: | Early American Literature to 1865 |
| Level: | Lower Division (UG) |
| CIP: | 2314 Literature |
ENG 203
Early Amer Lit to 1865
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109.
This course studies American literature through 1865. It examines the creation and emergence of American culture by engaging indigenous texts and colonial literatures (some in translation), Revolutionary Era writers, and early National writers, including some texts by former slaves. Some representative authors are: Bradford, Winthrop, Wheatley, Franklin, Irving, Poe, Douglass, Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne. Writing is an integral component of the course.
SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED-GHUM; NCC GEN ED-WESH, HUM, LIT
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer