ENGL 434 - The American Novel

3 Credits
Three hours per week.

This course begins with the works of Charles Brock- den Brown and traces the development of the American novel through the 20th century, with emphasis on contemporary novels. Phases for consideration are the Gothic romance, the historical novel, the novel of manners, the sentimental novel, the Rococo romance, the novel of social protest, psychological realism and naturalism and the blues presence in American literature.

Offered (OFFERED AS NEEDED).