LIT 250 - American Literature: First Contact Through the Civil War

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ESL 150 or eligibility determined by the English placement process.
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course explores American writers and significant literary movements and themes from the oral and literary narratives of Native peoples to the nation-building literary projects of the Civil War. In this course, students problematize what has been commonly defined as "American literature" by exploring diverse authors and genres. Genres may include oral histories, slave narratives, abolitionist writings, protest literature, and popular print culture. C-ID ENGL-130.