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21L.006 American Literature (MIT)

This course studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. It considers a range of texts - including, novels, essays, and poetry - and their efforts to define the notion of American identity. Readings usually include works by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, and Toni Morrison.... Show More

Keywords:: Classics, biography, history, ocwc, Emerson, Wharton, novel, Douglass, American, Dickinson, Hawthorne, satire, Hurston, Morrison, Whitman, independence, realism, oec, Rowlandson, literature, American Literature, Stowe, America, Twain, Thoreau, Melville, poetry

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Humanities / English / Literature

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:: January 1, 2023
Author:: Dr. Wyn Kelley
Submitter:: The Open Education Consortium
Primary Audience:: College General Ed
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Language:: English
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