ENGL 547

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Seminar Earlier American Lit

Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One college course devoted entirely to an aspect of American studies or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 547 class schedule data for fall 2022
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39492	Lecture-Discussion	R	12:30PM -2:50PM	T	English Building	Murison, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Info: FA22 ENGL 547 Justine Murison Topic: Genres of the Nineteenth-Century American Novel This course is designed as an introduction to novel theory, genre theory, and the history of the novel in English, and to serve as a survey of the nineteenth-century US novel. We will consider both the continuities between genres often considered distinct (such as the sentimental novel and the realist novel) and we will look into the reception of these novels in their own day and discuss their influence and prominence (or lack thereof) in our own. Our objectives will be twofold: first, to build a deeper and more varied understanding of the types of novels published and read in the United States across the long nineteenth century; and second, the ability to research, write about, and teach novels with an attention to the connections between form, genre, and history. Writers may include Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fanny Fern, Frank J. Webb, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Chesnutt, Edith Wharton, Henry James, and Pauline Hopkins. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.