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Apr 19, 2024
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ENGL 142 SC - The Early American Novel
This seminar explores the development of the novel in the United States before 1850 with particular attention to the early national period. The course will focus on the relationship between the novel and early American political culture, considering how the novel’s emergence in the US both shaped and was shaped by contemporary debates about democratic governance. We will consider the rise of the novel in the US in relation to the widespread anxieties about fiction, worries about transgressive sexual behavior, debates about female education, competing theories of national history, discussions of religious difference, and the struggle over slavery.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every other year
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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