Graduate Courses in American Literature

The Department of English offers the following graduate courses related to American literature:

ENGL 5500. Studies in American Literature from the Beginning to 1800.
3 hours. A survey of the writings of major Colonial and Federalist American authors and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.

ENGL 5510. Studies in American Literature, 1800 to 1865.
3 hours. A detailed study of the writings of major authors and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.

ENGL 5520. Studies in American Literature, 1865 to 1914.
3 hours. A detailed study of the writings of major authors and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.

ENGL 5530. Studies in American Literature, 1914 to
the Present.
3 hours. A detailed study of the writings of major authors and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.

ENGL 5890. Studies in the American Novel, 1914 to
the Present.
3 hours. A detailed study of the writings of one or more major American novelists and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.

ENGL 6500. Seminar in American Literature to 1865.
3 hours. A study in depth of a single writer, a group of writers, a literary genre or a literary fashion of the period; consideration of the cultural context of the literary work.

ENGL 6530. Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to
the Present.
3 hours. A study in depth of a single writer, a group of writers, a literary genre or a literary fashion of the period; consideration of the cultural context of the literary work.

ENGL 6590. Seminar in the Novel.
3 hours. A study in depth of a single novelist, a group of novelists, a literary genre or literary fashion of the period; consideration of the cultural context of the literary work.