ENGL 450

Spring 2016

All Classes
American Lit 1865-1914
Course in Catalog
List of Terms offered
Register for Classes

SHOW FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

My Favorites
My Schedule
Section Status updates every 10 minutes.
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
39267
Lecture-Discussion
1G
11:00AM -11:50AM
MWF
149 English Building
Hutner, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/19/16-05/04/16
Credit:
4 hours
Section Info:
This half century represents one of the most exciting eras in all of US literary history, since it addresses how the post-Civil War America struggled to reunify and its search for order amid the demanding challenges of modernization. These struggles included the failure of Reconstruction, which laid the groundwork for racial tension that continues to this day; the influx of immigration, which generated social tensions with which Americans must still face; the rise of industrialization and its legacy of economic booms and collapses, and its long-lasting consequences of income inequality. US novelists and poets addressed all of these concerns and especially gave literary expression to the effects these larger forces exerted on intimate life, the world of close personal relations. Students will also learn about the various movements—artistic and philosophical—designed to address these issues and the ways they prepare us to understand the origins of our contemporary anxieties. Some of the writers whose names are well known to students, like Whitman, Twain, Eliabeth Stuart Phelps and W.E.B. Du Bois; some were celebrated in their day but fell out of critical favor; others are enjoying renewed attention. But all contribute to the complex and dramatic story of the birth of modern America. Students can expect a few short papers and hourly exams.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39266
Lecture-Discussion
1U
11:00AM -11:50AM
MWF
149 English Building
Hutner, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/19/16-05/04/16
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
This half century represents one of the most exciting eras in all of US literary history, since it addresses how the post-Civil War America struggled to reunify and its search for order amid the demanding challenges of modernization. These struggles included the failure of Reconstruction, which laid the groundwork for racial tension that continues to this day; the influx of immigration, which generated social tensions with which Americans must still face; the rise of industrialization and its legacy of economic booms and collapses, and its long-lasting consequences of income inequality. US novelists and poets addressed all of these concerns and especially gave literary expression to the effects these larger forces exerted on intimate life, the world of close personal relations. Students will also learn about the various movements—artistic and philosophical—designed to address these issues and the ways they prepare us to understand the origins of our contemporary anxieties. Some of the writers whose names are well known to students, like Whitman, Twain, Eliabeth Stuart Phelps and W.E.B. Du Bois; some were celebrated in their day but fell out of critical favor; others are enjoying renewed attention. But all contribute to the complex and dramatic story of the birth of modern America. Students can expect a few short papers and hourly exams.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
COURSE EXPLORER
Email: Course Explorer Feedback

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR | 901 W. Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Site developed by: Technology Services at Illinois | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
1102 Digital Computer Laboratory | MC-256 | Urbana, IL 61801 | phone 217-244-7000