Maricopa Community Colleges  ENH241   19946-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11-23-1993

ENH241  1994 Fall - 9999

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad

American Literature Before 1860

Includes literature written prior to 1860 in the United States.

Prerequisites: None.

 

Course Attribute(s):

General Education Designation: Humanities and Fine Arts - [HU]

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

ENH241  1994 Fall - 9999

American Literature Before 1860

 

1.

Trace the development of major ideas and attitudes expressed in the literature of the period. (I-IV)

2.

Identify major authors and works of the period. (I-IV)

3.

Identify characteristics of major literary movements in the period. (I, III, IV)

4.

List and describe characteristics of literary types written during the period. (I-IV)

5.

Identify cultural, philosophical, political, historical, and religious influences on the literature of the period. (I, II, IV)

6.

Analyze and criticize literary works of the period. (I-IV)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

ENH241  1994 Fall - 9999

American Literature Before 1860

 

I. Puritanism

A. Historical background and development

B. Philosophy

C. Characteristics

D. Major movements

1. Calvinism

2. Antinomianism

3. The great awakening

E. Literary types

1. Journals, diaries, and letters

2. Sermons

3. Histories

4. Captivity narratives

5. Poetry

F. Major works and authors

II. Other elements of the American colonial period

A. Literary types

B. Major works and authors

III. Revolutionary period

A. Historical and cultural background

B. Characteristics

C. Major movements

1. The Enlightenment

2. Federalism

D. Literary types

1. Journals, diaries, and letters

2. Histories

3. Poetry

4. Autobiography and biography

5. Political treatises

6. Fiction

E. Major works and authors

IV. Romanticism

A. Historical and cultural background

B. Philosophy

C. Characteristics

D. Major movements

1. Transcendentalism

2. Traditionalism

E. Literary types

1. Journals, diaries, and letters

2. Essays

3. Histories

4. Autobiography and biography

5. Poetry

6. Fiction

F. Major works and authors

 

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