ENGL 366 - Early American Literature

3 Credit(s)

This course surveys the burgeoning American literary scene in the 17th and 18th centuries. Students consider within a historical context the moral, social, and aesthetic issues raised in the work of such representative writers as Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards, Franklin, Jefferson, and Cooper.
Satisfies a humanities general education requirement for non-majors.
Formerly: (FORMERLY AMERICAN LITERATURE OF THE COLONIAL AND EARLY FEDERAL PERIODS)