Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 11-23-1993 |
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ENH241
1994 Fall - 9999 |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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American
Literature Before 1860 |
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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: |
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ENH241 1994
Fall - 9999 |
American Literature Before 1860 |
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Trace the development of major ideas and attitudes
expressed in the literature of the period. (I-IV) |
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Identify major authors and works of the period. (I-IV) |
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Identify characteristics of major literary movements in
the period. (I, III, IV) |
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List and describe characteristics of literary types
written during the period. (I-IV) |
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Identify cultural, philosophical, political, historical,
and religious influences on the literature of the period. (I, II, IV) |
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Analyze and criticize literary works of the period. (I-IV)
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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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 |