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Jun 22, 2025
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ENG 436A - Major Figures in American Literature (3 units)
Seminar on one or two authors, e.g., Emerson, Thoreau, Hemingway, Morrison.
Maximum units a student may earn: 6
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
4. describe and analyze important ideas and stylistic features of selected major American authors’ works.
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