AMST 338
The American Renaissance
Fall 2016
Division II
Cross-listed
ENGL 338
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Class Details
“The American Renaissance” is the name given to US literature from 1830-1860. The explosive cultural energy of this period was provided by expansionist optimism, religious and spiritual experimentation, the horror of slavery and the looming Civil War. If you don’t read the spiritual and existential exploration of Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman, or the existential despair of Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson and Melville, all in the light of the brilliant escaped slave autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, then you won’t grasp much of the cultural history of the United States in the two following centuries.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 25
Expected: 20
Class#: 1311
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 25
Expected: 20
Class#: 1311
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
3 papers totaling about 15 pages, class participation
Prerequisites:
a 100-level ENGL course, or a score of 5 on the AP English Literature exam, or a score of 6 or 7 on he Higher Level IB English exam
Enrollment Preferences:
English majors, American Studies majors
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ENGL; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under AMST
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENGL 338 Division I AMST 338 Division II
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENGL 338 Division I AMST 338 Division II
Attributes:
ENGL Literary Histories B
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AMST 338 - 01 (F) SEM The American Renaissance
AMST 338 - 01 (F) SEM The American RenaissanceDivision IITF 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
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