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EL 206 | American Literature After 1865<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Useful Links<\/strong>: Course Wiki<\/a>, Blackboard<\/a> + Find the Zoom Link @ the Wiki
Necessary Link<\/strong>: Etiquette for attending a virtual class: here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 1<\/a> – Week 2<\/a> – Week 3<\/a> – Week 4<\/a> – Week 5<\/a> – Week 6<\/a> – Week 7<\/a> – Week 8<\/a> – Week 9<\/a> – Week 10<\/a> – Week 11<\/a> – Week 12<\/a> – Week 13<\/a> – Week 14<\/a> – Week 15 & Final<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am Lit eTexts and Helpful Sites<\/strong>: Here<\/a>
Overview of Authors<\/strong>: Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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American Literature After 1865<\/em><\/strong> picks up just after the Civil War and continues on through the 20th century, so we go from locomotives and industrial revolution to the Internet and smart phones (loosely speaking). By the time we\u2019re through, you ought to have a pretty good working sense of the chronology of American literature since Lincoln. We\u2019ll look particularly at American Realism and Regionalism, Naturalism, Modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and Postmodernism, with attention to minority and immigrant voices at all stops. We\u2019ll sample poems, essays, folk tales, short stories, and more, and as we do so we\u2019ll think about why these authors wrote in the ways they did during the times when they did it. We\u2019ll also consider strategies for interpreting these different kinds of literary expression. The reading load won\u2019t knock you flat, but you should expect to read at a steady clip of 20-30 anthology pages per class session, typically (some days less, some days more). You are heartily encouraged to take time to re-read, especially on lighter reading days. The best and most satisfying reading is often re-reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assignments\/Scores to Anticipate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. A Daily Questions and Comments Journal<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Daily Quizzes (If There’s Reading, There Might Be a Quiz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Three Short Close Readings<\/mark><\/strong> + One Revision<\/strong><\/span> (~2 pages each)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Three Exams<\/strong><\/span>, Each Including Essay Portions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A Reflection<\/strong><\/span> on Writing for the Course (2-5 pages)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Attending a Literary Reading + A Quick Response (TBA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. A Course Participation Score<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    You Should Always Have the Readings in Front of You in Class<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Right in front of you, even if on a screen. But not on a small screen. Something with dimension, man. Something that lets the text breathe. We’re here to read together. Let the text take its right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Week 1 (Jan. 31) <\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n