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ENG 472A

The American Novel I

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

American fiction from its origins to 1900. Readings in such authors as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Junior or Senior standing
ENG 303
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

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 a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
  • articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
  • evaluate the genre-sepcific features of American literature prior to 1865.