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2012-2013 Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EN 350 - American Period - Early American

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

A study of American literature beginning with the first voyage of Christopher Columbus and concluding with the rise of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper, this course chronicles the efforts of European immigrants and their descendants to discover a distinctly “American” literary voice. In addition, this class will consider the literatures of Native Americans faced with invasion and of Africans faced with enslavement. Readings will include works by such authors as Columbus, Cabeza de Vaca, Smith, Winthrop, Bradford, Bradstreet, Rowlandson, Taylor, Sewall, Mather, Byrd, Edwards, Franklin, Crèvecoeur, Paine, Jefferson, Equaino, Freneau, Wheatley, Rowson, Brown, Irving, and Cooper.