English 241 - American Literature II

A continuation of English 240, which explores the diversity of writers and literary forms that arose in the United States during the decades after the Civil War. Authors may include Twain, Chopin, Dunbar-Nelson, Stephen Crane, Wharton, Du Bois, James, Jewett, Stein, and Cather. The course will address the development of realism, naturalism, and modernism while exploring literary redefinitions of race, gender, sexuality, and class as shaped by changing social pressures.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors