ENGL&244

This course surveys the deeply stratified assembly of voices from Indigenous, Black, and settler societies of the United States from the early 1600s to 1865, examining varied published works and transcribed oral traditions. Students in this class will explore a diverse range of texts representative of perspectives and attitudes from individuals and collectives of people, residing in distinct periods and regions, intertwined in the development and evolving experience and character of what we now consider the United States. A question that will present itself throughout the varied readings is: How does literature participate in shaping the attitudes and cultural beliefs and practices of the United States. In reflecting on that question, students will think critically about the significance and relevance of styles in storytelling and how these stories constructed ways of knowing diverse cultures.

Lecture

5

Humanities

Yes

2026-09-01

ENGL 267

23.1402 - American Literature (United States).