Objective
Advance your literary and critical thinking skills.
Objective
Broaden your understanding and enhance your appreciation of American culture and American history reflected in literary works.
Objective
Familiarize you with a fairly broad rangeboth historically and stylisticallyof American literature with the processes and vocabulary of literary analysis.
Objective
Develop your close reading skills; acquaint you with major historical genres of the period; and familiarize you with critical theory (theories of interpretation), which literary students and critics use to analyze texts.
Objective
Leave this class with greater willingness to read works of American literature that you would not have previously considered reading and with increased ability to read and write with insight and enjoyment.