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Apr 17, 2026
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LI 202 - U.S./American LiteraturesCredits: 4
Introduces students to the literary history of the United States from the colonial period to the modern by surveying a wide range of texts, including canonical and non-canonical authors in several genres. The course examines questions such as: How is the narrative of Americanness constructed? How have authors employed the literary craft to explore the construction of the self in relation to transcendentalism, abolitionism, feminism, class consciousness, and national belonging? This course focuses on writers such as Whatley, Apress, Melville, Douglass, Whitman, Stowe, Rowlandson, Hurston, Steinbeck, and Paredes.
Prerequisite(s): WR 121 or HS 101 , and LI 120
Liberal Arts Perspective(s): Literary
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