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Richard Bland College
ENGL205: Amer Lit through the Civil War
ENGL205: Amer Lit through the Civil War
Survey of American literature to 1865 emphasizing connections among representative works. Authors/Works may include accounts of Native American narratives, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, Charles Brockden Brown, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, James and Susan Fenimore Cooper, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others.
Overview
Delivery Method
Online
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Delivery Method
Campus
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Delivery Method
Hybrid
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Credits
3.0
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Department
Language and Humanities
Course Notes
Three hours lecture. UCGS approved course, 2021.
Learning Outcomes
- Trace the development of American literature during this period and explain its conventions and contexts","identifying and critically reading the texts of key authors
- Ethically incorporate appropriate and relevant sources with an awareness of their accuracy","contexts","purposes","and points of view using in-text and bibliographic citation
- Conform to writing conventions and expectations of scholarly discourse
Dual Enrollment
Type
Transfer
Offered
High School
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Offered
College Campus
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Offered
Online
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Offered
Hybrid
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Starting Academic Year
2024
Where Will This Course Transfer?
| Institution | Identifier | Name | Notes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Virginia Community College | ENG241 | Survey of American Literature I | 2-Year | |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College | ENG241 | Survey of American Literature I | 2-Year | |
| Paul D. Camp Community College | ENG241 | Survey of American Literature I | 2-Year | |
| Southwest Virginia Community College | ENG241 | Survey of American Literature I | 2-Year | |
| Virginia Highlands Community College | ENG241 | Survey of American Literature I | 2-Year | |
| Longwood University | ENGL2XX | English Elective | 4-Year | |
| Radford University | ENGL203 | Readings in American Lit | 4-Year | |
| The University of Virginia's College at Wise | ENG200T | 2000-LEVEL ENGLISH ELECTIVE | 4-Year | |
| Norfolk State University | ENG341 | Survey of American Literature I | 4-Year | |
| William & Mary | ENGL207 | American Lit: Themes & Issues | 4-Year | |
| Old Dominion University | LIT1REQ | ELECTIVE | 4-Year | |
| University of Mary Washington | ENGLNOTMJ | Elective | NOTMJ indicates this is not a major elective. General elective credit will apply to the overall credits needed to graduate. | 4-Year |
| Marymount University | EN162 | American Voices | 4-Year | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | ENGL205 | AMERICAN LITERATURE I | 4-Year | |
| Emory & Henry College | ENGL255 | Major Us Writers I | 4-Year |
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