Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus

English 2235: American Literature since 1865

Course Handouts

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General Course Information:

Overview of English 2235

A Brief Historical Overview of the United States: 1865 to Present

Periods in American Literature: Some Different Perspectives

Comparing American and British Literary Periods

A List of Literary Genres

Topics and Themes Important in American Literature

Films for American Literature

Other Links to Information about Literature

Reading Strategies

Major Course Units:

American Literature 1865-1914 -- Local Color / Regionalism / Realism / Naturalism

American Literature 1914-1945 -- Modernism

American Literature 1945-Present -- Post-Modernism

Major Literary Genres:

Short Fiction

Novel

Poetry

Drama

Nonfiction

Writing about Literature

Writing about Literature -- Papers

Writing about Literature -- Exams

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Last revised on 29 June 2012 by SRS
Please address comments to scott.stankey@anokaramsey.edu