ELIT3090-C2 American Lit From 1865-Present (Spring 2016)
Course Details
This course satisfies part of the Communication Skills graduation requirement.This section is Communication Skills intensive. Communication Skills I-V must be completed before taking this course.
Session, Dates: 1 (01/11/2016 - 04/30/2016)
Days: APPT
Time: -
Location: Moon Campus
Room:
Seats Available: APPT
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course enables students to study the historical growth, philosophical premises, and literary techniques of important writers in American literature from the Civil War to today with emphasis on the modern period. Students read a wide, diverse range of literature including minority literatures, especially the immigrant experience. Students also study genres such as fiction, poetry, journals, and autobiographies, and aesthetic movements such as realism, naturalism, and modernism. Students investigate print, internet resources, and electronic databases and write literacy research essays in MLA format.
Prerequisites: COSK2220 and any ELIT course
Prerequisites: COSK2220 and any ELIT course
Course Materials
About the Instructor(s)
Sylvia A. Pamboukian, Ph.D.
pamboukian@rmu.edu
412-397-6450 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 234
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Director, University Honors Program
Honors Program
University Professor of English
Arts and Humanities
pamboukian@rmu.edu
412-397-6450 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 234
Profile