ENG 321 - Topics in American Literature after 1870

Prerequisite, ENG 256. This course encourages in-depth study of the literature and culture of the U.S. after 1870. ENG 321 employs a topical or thematic approach, focusing on a particular theme, writer, genre, and/or group of writers. Possible foci include American realism, the literature of the Gilded Age, literature of WWI and WWII, the emergence of Modernism and Postmodernism. This course can be used to satisfy the post-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. ENG 321 May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis. (Offered every year.) 3 credits