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ENGL361 American Literature from Puritans to the Present

Updated: 14 November 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites ENGL101 and ENGL102 or ENGL100
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes

offered in odd numbered years

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Michael Sharkey (msharkey@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit critically surveys the development of North American writing from the 19th century until the present. It focuses on literary recensions of the Puritan experience and inheritance and on North American constructions of national identity and portrayals of the individual in an increasingly urban and industrial society.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Shrink Wrapped Package(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

American Literature Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
ISBN: 9314994076295
Cain, W.E. (ed.), Pearson Education 2004
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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