ENGL 2730 - American Literature, 1920 to Present

3.00 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: ENGL 1220 or ENGL 1190

This course traces the cultural and literary concerns faced by Americans in the twentieth century; the Depression, World War II, post-war prosperity, the ethnic revival of the sixties, and the current political, social, and cultural concerns. Authors to be covered may include Anderson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hurston, O’Connor, Welty, Cummings, Wright, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Odets, O’Neill, Miller, Gold, Ellison, Bellow, Malamud, Roth, Updike, Frost, Eliot, Sandburg, Williams, Millay, Moore, Toomer, Hughes, Baraka, Brooks, Baldwin, and Walker.

(3 contact hrs)

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