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ENG 451A

American Literature I

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Major figures and movements from the beginnings to the Civil War.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Junior or Senior standing
ENG 303
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
  • analyze key early American texts in their cultural and historical contexts.
  • identify significant ideas, major authors and works, key historical or cultural events, and characteristic attitudes expressed in American literature before 1800.
  • identify the major movements within literature before 1800, and to describe the development of forms and genres across that period.
  • analyze American literature before 1800 drawing from theories in the field.