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Humanities
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| Status: | Active |
| SUNY ID: | 120984 |
| Full Title: | Modern American Literature from 1865 to Present |
| Level: | Lower Division (UG) |
| CIP: | 2314 Literature |
ENG 204
Mod Amer Lit 1865-Present
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109.
This course studies evolving notions of the American individual and American society since the Civil War. Attention is paid to important literary texts and authors, significant historical and political events, and artistic innovations and movements. Writers studied include authors such as: Dickinson, Whitman, Twain, Wharton, Washington, DuBois, Eliot, Hemingway, Faulkner, Ellison, Baldwin, Plath, Rich, Alexie and others. 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