American Literature (AML)

Survey of the literature of the United States from Native American Oral Traditions to the Civil War. Centers on both canonical and marginal texts in their cultural and historical contexts. This course includes selections from the Western canon.

Survey of the literature of the United States from the Civil War to the present. Centers on both canonical and marginal texts in their cultural and historical contexts. This course includes selections from the Western canon.

A review of major and minor poets writing in the United States.

A review of major and minor American playwrights.

Readings course on the literature and culture of the exploration and colonization of the new world, as well as of the early national period of the United States. Intense study of authors/works and their contexts.

Readings course on the literature and culture of the nineteenth century in the United States. Intense study of authors/works and their contexts.

Readings course on the literature and culture of the twentieth century in the United States. Intense study of authors/works and their contexts.

Readings course exploring the multiple identities designated by the term "Hispanic" in the United States as they are represented in literature. Surveys the diversity of Latino poetry and fiction, including works by both popular and lesser-known Hispanic writers.

This course introduces students to the literatures of several major American ethnic groups, including, for example, African American, Asian American, Latinx, and/or Native American literature.

This course examines the literary tradition of a particular American ethnic group such as African American, Asian American, Latinx, or Native American literature.

Seminar beginning with the rise of the novel in the United States in the eighteenth century and then charting its development to the Modern era.

Seminar on the novel in the United States in the twentieth-century.

Seminar with in-depth study of a particular topic or issue as it is dealt with in American literature and culture before 1800.

Seminar on critical study of various Southern writers in the United States in their historical contexts.

Seminar on selected topics in African-American Literature, including such topics as the Slave Narrative, the Harlem Renaissance, Contemporary African-American Literature, or a selection of African-American writers.

Readings course traces the diverse cultural history of the United States from the 19th century to the present by examining various literary accounts of the immigrant experience. Exploration of the ways that ethnic assimilation tales both reflect and subvert a "melting pot" ideology and consideration of the influence of "new ethnicity" movements on the status of ethnic literature in the post-60s United States.

Topics in American Literature post-1800 is a seminar course with in-depth study of a particular topic or issue as it is dealt with in American literature and culture after 1800.

A study of the literature and culture of a particular geographic region of the United States.

Studies in American literature before 1800

examination of literature of the U.S. after 1800

Examination of topics in literature of the U.S. after 1800

Supervised research in preparation for writing a thesis on a topic in the literature of the U.S. Approval of the coordinator of graduate studies required.

Focused study of a specific topic or issue in the literature and culture of the United States. Course may be repeated once with a change in content.