50:352:250African-American Literature I (D) (3) African-American literature from its origins in spirituals and blues through the "Renaissance" writers to the writings of Wright and Ellison.

50:352:251African-American Literature II (D) (3) African-American literature from World War II, including fiction by Baldwin, Petry, Jones, Williams, and Killens; poetry by Hughes, Tolson, and Brooks; and promising contemporary writers.

50:352:305Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (3) Selected readings in 19th-century poetry, poetics, and culture. Syllabus may include satirical, romantic, transcendental, abolitionist, Civil War, and regional poetry, as well as folk songs, spirituals, and versions of American Indian poetry.

50:352:308American Renaissance I (3) Early to mid-19th century Romantic writers such as Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Douglass, and Jacobs.

50:352:309American Renaissance II (3) Mid- to late-19th century Romantic writers such as Stowe, Melville, Dickinson, Whittier, Harper, and Wilson.

50:352:311American Realism and Naturalism (3) Readings in post-Civil War writers such as Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Wharton, Dreiser, Chopin, Chesnutt, and Dunbar.

50:352:313Recent American Writing (3) Readings in American poetry, fiction, and drama since 1950.

50:352:322Modern American Poetry I (3) Selected readings in modernist poetry and poetics, 1900-1950. Such authors as Pound, H.D., Eliot, Frost, Stein, Williams, Stevens, Moore, Rukeyser, and Hughes.

50:352:323Modern American Poetry II (3) Selected readings in postmodern poetry and poetics, 1950-present. Such authors as Brooks, Ginsberg, Plath, Baraka, O`Hara, Ashbery, Soto, Rich, and Hejinian.

50:352:325Multicultural American Literature (D) (3) Readings in multicultural literature of the United States-for example, Anglo-European, African-American, Asian-American, Chicano, Jewish-American, and Native American-with emphasis on relationships between culture and literary form, theme, and language.

50:352:329American Drama (3) The development of drama in the United States, with emphasis on 20th-century themes and forms. Likely playwrights include O'Neill, Stein, Williams, Odets, Hansberry, Miller, Albee, Wilson, Kushner, and Wasserstein.

50:352:337American Novel to 1900 (3) The development of the novel in America through the 19th century. Works by such authors as Rowson, Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, Melville, Twain, Crane, and James.

50:352:338Modern American Novel (3) Readings chosen from the works of leading American novelists from Henry James to 1950.

50:352:339Postmodern American Novel (3) Study of the development of the American novel since 1950. Readings in works by such authors as Pynchon, Coover, Barth, Walker, DeLillo, Reed, Morrison, Kingston, and Cisneros.

50:352:350African-American Writing in Social Context (D) (3) Study of works by such writers as DuBois, Malcolm X, King, and Jones, who have significantly affected the thinking and writing of contemporary African-American writers.

50:352:391,392Special Topics in American Literature (3,3) A course in a specially selected topic. Primarily, but not exclusively, for advanced students. Courses with different topics may be repeated for credit.

50:352:407,408Independent Study in American Literature (BA,BA) An opportunity for advanced students to work individually with an instructor on a self-determined course of study. The project culminates in a substantial paper.

50:352:436,437Major Writers of America (3,3) An intensive study of the works of a single author, or of two or three related authors.

50:352:451Major African-American Writers (D) (3) An intensive study of the principal works of two or three major African-American writers.

50:352:491,492Seminar in American Literature (3,3) An opportunity for juniors and seniors to pursue advanced study of literature in a small-group format.

50:352:495,496Honors Program in American Literature (3,3)