American Literature II – ENGL 2132

Description

A chronological study of American literature from the Civil War to the present, this course presents a broad overview of American literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Students will utilize various critical approaches and reading strategies as they examine important authors and themes of this period. The course will pay attention to literary movements, regional writing, native and immigrant cultures, and multiple perspectives.

ENGL 2132 - Spring 2024

Course	Instructor
ENGL 2132 1AG	Herbert Shippey hshippey@abac.edu
ENGL 2132 1BG	Elizabeth Steere elizabeth.steere@ung.edu
ENGL 2132 1CG	Todd Hoffman thoffma1@augusta.edu
ENGL 2132 1DG	Jim Cope james.cope@ung.edu
ENGL 2132 5AG	Gwen Harold gwendolynharold@clayton.edu
ENGL 2132 8AG	Elizabeth Steere elizabeth.steere@ung.edu
ENGL 2132 8BG	Haley Hodges haley.hodges@ung.edu

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

See your home institution's prerequisite requirement.

Free Textbook

Open educational resources (OER)

Course Equivalency

After completing this course, you will be able to

Identify and apply a variety of critical approaches to literature.
Identify the important literary periods and themes of American Literature from the mid-19th Century to the present.
Demonstrate knowledge of a diversity of American cultures through the study of literature.
Apply various reading strategies to text in order to summarize, synthesize, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the literature.
Write a paper on a topic in American literature using MLA style and a variety of sources that shows original thought, research, and an ability to assimilate and synthesize the ideas of others on the topic.
Enhance technological skills.

Unit 1: Introduction to Course
Unit 2: Late Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism
Unit 3: Modernism
Unit 4: Literature After 1945
Unit 5: 21st-Century Literature

Your final grade will be based on the following breakdown. Please note that each instructor may choose to make modifications.

Attendance Verification - 1%
Discussions - 19%
Quizzes - 10%
Response Paper 1 - 18%
Response Paper 2 - 18%
Major Project - 14%
Final Exam - 20%

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