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ENGL5B: SURVEY AMER LIT

Course Description

This course is a study of the masters of American Literature and the major trends of literature during the years 1865 to the present. The major trends can include Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, Post-Modernism, etc. (C-ID: ENGL 135) PREREQUISITE: Eligible for English 1A.

Learning Outcomes

Interpret and identify literary passages from the major trends in American Literature.
Explain the social and historical influences which inform American Literature from 1865 to present.
Examine literary techniques that are employed in the works of American Literature.
Synthesize and compare texts within a critical framework.
Research American Literature within a critical framework (e.g. Biographical Criticism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Post-Structuralism, Feminism, Marxism, etc.)