ENGL 250

Fall 2012 All Classes

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The American Novel to 1914

Credit: 3 hours.

Critical study of selected American novels from the late eighteenth century to 1914.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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ENGL 250 class schedule data for fall 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	47505	Lecture-Discussion	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	119 English Building	Bauer, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/12-12/12/12 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course. Section Info: Focusing on social and cultural history, this class will read 8 novels as representative of major debates in 19th-century US culture: from classical and liberal democracy, to economic panics throughout the century, to gender debates, and to race and class relations before and after the Civil War. We will focus on close readings of these novels to chart the changes in styles, cultural values, and historical concerns. Requirements include 1-2 reports in class, two midterms, a paper, and a final exam. Books for the course include Rebecca Rush?s Kelroy, Herman Melville?s Benito Cereno, Harriett Beecher Stowe?s Uncle Tom?s Cabin, William Dean Howells?s The Rise of Silas Lapham, Henry James?s In The Cage, Pauline Hopkins?s Of One Blood, Frank Norris?s McTeague, and Edith Wharton?s Summer.