American Literature I

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Overview

Subject area

ENG

Catalog Number

292

Course Title

American Literature I

Department(s)

Description

This course examines the development of an American literature from colonial/contact period to the emancipation of African Americans at the end of the United States Civil War. It surveys a broad range of writers, texts and themes that have shaped American identities. Fiction, poetry, essays and autobiographical prose by authors such as Douglass, Dickinson, Emerson, Franklin, Rowlands, Wheatley, and Winthrop will be studied.CUNY Pathways: Flexible Core-U.S. Experience in it's Diversity

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate LaGuardia CC

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

011749

Course Schedule