<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, and 10C, or 11 and 87. Historical survey of American literature from end of Civil War to beginning of 20th century, including writers such as Howells, James, Twain, Norris, Dickinson, Crane, Chesnutt, Gilman, and others working in modes of realist and naturalist novel, regional and vernacular prose, and poetry. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

English

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College of Letters and Science

The department is dedicated to the study of the literatures and cultures of those parts of the world in which English is a primary language.

General Catalog

American Literature, 1865 to 1900

ENGL170A

5 units