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ENGL260

Americans Abroad
ENGL260 FA

Crosslistings: AMST269

Next Offered in 9899 FA

Fictional and nonfictional accounts of Americans in Europe between 1815 and 1914. The approach is primarily literary, but broader cultural issues will be raised.

MAJOR READINGS

Washington Irving, SKETCH-BOOK
Margaret Fuller, AT HOME AND ABROAD
Nathaniel Hawthorne, THE MARBLE FAUN
Herman Melville, REDBURN
Henry James, DAISY MILLER, THE AMBASSADORS
William Wells Brown, THE AMERICAN FUGITIVE IN EUROPE
Mark Twain, THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly journal, research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: ENGL203 or ENGL204 or HIST236

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998




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