Table of Contents - Hartwick College

Jewett, Twain, James, Dreiser, Norris, and Cather. Offered alternate
years. (MWL)
374 Modern American Literature (3 credits) A close study of major
American authors of the 20th century to 1945. A balance between poets
and novelists is maintained. Includes such major poets as Frost, Eliot,
Stevens, Pound, Moore and Williams; and such major novelists as
Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Wright, and Welty. Offered at least
every other year. (MWL)
375 Contemporary American Literature (3 credits) A close study of
American authors since 1945 including such poets as Lowell, Roethke,
Ginsberg, Plath, Bishop, and Rich; and such fiction writers as Nabokov,
Bellow, Cheever, Updike, O’Connor, Barth, and Morrison. Offered at least
every other year. (MWL)
378 American Indian Literature (3 credits) American Indian
literature has been shaped by ancient tradition and the historical
experience of American Indian life. Readings will include such early
writers as Eastman, Winnemucca, McNickle and E. Pauline Johnson to
help us understand the growth of literature as an Indian expressive art.
Works by such writers of the American Indian Renaissance (1969 to the
present) as Momaday, Silko, Erdrich, Harjo, Revard, Welch, and Alexie
address contemporary problems in reservation and urban life, and the
place of traditional cultures in sustaining Indian community and identity.
(NTW)
380 Major American Authors (3 credits) Courses under this heading
seek to enhance our understanding of the life and works of one or more
important American authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman,
Dickinson, Faulkner, Frost, Stevens, Bishop, Lowell, Oates, and Morrison.
In general the emphasis is on the close reading of a body of work within a
framework of cultural contexts, theoretical constructs, and critical
traditions. (MWL)
382 Issues in American Literature and Culture (3 credits)
Advanced study of selected issues in American literature and culture,
exploring the incisive, imaginative responses of American writers to their
times, and examining the way literature is shaped by, and helps us to
shape, cultural contexts. Courses taught under this heading include the
Civil War in American Literature, American Ethnic Literature, African
American Women Writers, and New England Women Writers. May be
repeated with different course content. (MWL)
384 Studies in American Poetry (3 credits) Advanced study of an
aspect of American poetry. Specific courses will explore an important
circle of poets, a period, an artistic form, or a historical issue or cultural
problem confronted by American poets. Courses taught under this
heading include Four Modern Poets, Four Contemporary Poets,
Contemporary Poetry, and American Women Poets. May be repeated with
different course content. (MWL)
386 The American Novel (3 credits) An exploration of central issues of
American culture, history, and consciousness in the developing American
novel, as well as its generic features. Includes works by such writers as
James, Dreiser, Wharton, Cather, Steinbeck, Faulkner, and Ellison.
(MWL)
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