ENG 211: Modern American Literature

The course explores American literature from post-Civil War era to the present. Readings include non-fiction, poetry, drama, and short and long fiction. The course follows chronological order and considers political, social, religious, and economic influences on writers. Students will read well-known authors such as Twain, James, B.T. Washington, Chopin, and Faulkner, and less widely-published minority writers.