LITR326

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AMERICAN ROMANTICISM

Literature (LITR) Humanities and Global Studies

Course Description

(Formerly LITR 331) In American Romanticism we read the literture of a key period in American history and American literary history: the early to mid 19th century, an era often called the American Renaissance. During a very short time, a people who had previously cared little for literary expression suddenly produced a series of literary masterpieces and landmarks: Moby Dick, Leaves of Grass, The Scarlet Letter, Walden, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and The Raven. What happened? Why such an unprecedented burst of expression?

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Course Attributes

MJ-AMER-Advanced Cat Elective (AMRB), MJ-AMER-Amer Artistic Express (AMRA), MJ-AMER-Amer Literature (AM10), MJ-AMER-Amer. Regionalism (AMR7), MJ-Amer-Amer Regionalism (AM15), MJ-LITR-American Literature (LITA), OLD GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA (GNAM)