Studies in American Literature

This course will provide students with a variety of perspectives on American literature by focusing on specific periods, aesthetic movements and/or developments. Content and focus will vary from section to section, but recent offerings have included Sympathy and Sentiment; The American Road; Civil Rights Literature; Realism and Modernism; American Comedy; and Environmental Literature After Thoreau. Prerequisites: ENGL 204 and one of the following: ENGL 281, 282, 283, 284, 285 or permission of the instructor. Recommended: ENGL 281 or 284 (for topics before 1700), ENGL 282 or 285 (for topics after 1800), or ENGL 283 or 285 (for topics after 1900).

St. Mary’s College of Maryland reserves the right to provide some or all of the course content through alternative methods of course delivery, including remote methods of delivery, and it reserves the right to change the method of delivery at any time before or during the academic term, in the event of a health or safety emergency or similar situation when it determines, in its sole discretion, that such change is necessary and in the best interests of the College and the campus community.