ENGL 250

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Nineteenth-Century American Fiction

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Credit: 3 hours.

Nineteenth-century fiction gave us some of the most iconic images in American culture--the scarlet letter, the white whale--and some of the most captivating works about American life and society. This course will explore how fictional texts articulated the problems of nineteenth-century democracy, including the crises over slavery leading to the Civil War, and the rise of large-scale capitalism and urban modernity later in the century. We will look at such literary movements as sentimentalism, sensationalism, realism, and naturalism, among others. Writers studied might include Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, Charles Chesnutt, Mark Twain, Pauline Hopkins, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and many others.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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

Cultural Studies - Western

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 250 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32064	Lecture-Discussion	M	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	69 English Building	Freeburg, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: SP26 ENGL 250 - 19th-Century American Fiction - Chris Freeburg - Nineteenth-century fiction gave us some of the most iconic images in American culture--the scarlet letter, the white whale--and some of the most captivating works about American life and society. This course will explore how fictional texts articulated the problems of nineteenth-century democracy, including the crises over slavery leading to the Civil War, and the rise of large-scale capitalism and urban modernity later in the century. We will look at such literary movements as sentimentalism, sensationalism, realism, and naturalism, among others. Writers studied will include Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, Mark Twain, and Stephen Crane. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.