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2012-2013 Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EN 356 - American Period - Realism and Naturalism

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

A study of the two most significant currents in American literature between the Civil War and World War I, this course considers how realist and naturalist writers responded to the economic, social, scientific, and artistic theories and realities of their times. Readings will include works by authors such as William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Charles Chesnutt, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser.