The development of prose and poetry in the U.S. from the Civil War to the present, including the schools of regionalism, realism, and naturalism in fiction, the emerging African-American literary tradition, and the growing multicultural nature of U.S. literature in the 20th century, along with the development of Modernism and post-Modernism. Prerequisite: one semester of college work or permission. Offered Term 2. (o, AES, MOD)