AMERICAN LITERATURE (Seniors)

This course is a survey of the major periods and writers in American Literature, introducing students to our country’s literary heritage. The course will also review the general history of each time period so that students will understand how writers are influenced by the events and experiences of their times. Units will include Early American Writers (Colonial Period), the Revolutionary War period, Romanticism and Transcendentalism, Realism, and Modern/Contemporary Writers. The works of such major American authors as Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Arthur Miller, John Steinbeck, and J. D. Salinger will be discussed in depth. Students will be expected to complete regular reading assignments, write 2-3 five-paragraph essays, and work together on two group projects. In addition, students are required to read independently one extra novel per quarter from a reading list of American literature.

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Length of Course: One year (5 of 6)

Credit: 1.0