ENGL 670 - THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE

3 Credit Hour(s)
A survey of American literature from about 1820 to the Civil War. Emphasizes such authors as Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Whitman, and Dickinson. Assesses advanced critical thinking skills through scholarly reading and written analysis, as well as through oral presentations. Three hours of lecture.