ENGL 344 - American Realism and Naturalism

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-102(3122); Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous).
Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max:

Description: Examines the philosophic and literary turning away from Romanticism in the aftermath of the Civil War and the style and subject matter of American realists, including representations of middle-class and lower-class life. Also explores the emergence of Naturalism and the development of psychologically and socially complex characters and their historical and cultural contexts.