ENGL 582 - American Realism and Naturalism (1865-1925)

3 Hour(s) Credit
Investigation of the rise of Realism and Naturalism (1865- 1925) in American literature and the relationship between the development of these forms and the historical and cultural atmospheres from which they emerged. Authors to be studied may include Henry James, William Dean Howells, Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Charles Chesnutt, Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser.
Three hours per week.