Timothy L Pagaard: American literature I & II, English 231 & 232
Using course pages
English 098
English fundamentals
English 120
College compositiion
and reading
English 122
Introduction to literature
English 124
Advanced composition
English 135-138
Newspaper production
English 221 & 222
British literature I & II
English 231 & 232
American literature I & II
Class policies
"The past is not dead. In fact, it is not even past."
--William Faulkner
Fall 2007, Spring 2008
Course overview
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In English 231 you'll develop a broad and deep understanding of American writing from earliest times through the Civil War. In English 232 you'll become similarly conversant in the literature from the Civil War to the present. This is a lot of writing, coming from a daunting variety of sources, first Native Americans, then conquistadors and colonialists, and later intellectuals, slaves, politicians, artists, and on and on.
We are perhaps the most diverse people on earth, and our early literature reflects that diversity as much as our more recent output has. Much of the early stuff is interesting because of the glimpses it provides into the foundations and development of our national character. As we trace the development of American letters through the present, you'll experience the maturation of that character.
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Schedule: English 231
Schedule: English 232
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Materials
Presentations go to sample student essays
Presentation topics and schedule, English 231
Presentation topics and schedule, English 232
Questions for the analysis of poetry
Specialized critical approaches to literature
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