123030 VO Literature Survey 2 (2014S)

This lecture course will provide a concise survey of American literary history in its specific contexts, including political and historical developments. Students will be familiarized with some of the key texts of American literature from the Iroquois Creation Story to the contemporary novel. Because of the limited time frame, we will focus on highlights (including Puritanism, Enlightenment, the American Renaissance, Realism and Local Color, Modernism, Postmodernism, and Ethnic Fiction), so additional reading is required.