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ENGL361 American Literature from Puritans to the Present

Updated: 02 September 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
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.

Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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