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Literature Courses

AML2012 American Literature Colonial to 1900

Credit Hours: 3

Catalogue Course Description: Discover

Co-requisite: None

Selected masterpieces of American literature before 1900 including works of Hawthorne, Whitman, Melville, and Crane. Meets Area 2A general education requirements for the A.A. degree. Meets Areas 2 or 5 general education requirements for the A.A.S./A.S. degree.

This course is an adventurous journey. Explore your American heritage. Discover how the Puritans have influenced your thinking and your behavior. Check out Benjamin Franklin's advice for success. Expand your mind with the philosophy of Thoreau and Emerson. Blush at the eroticism of Walt Whitman. Venture up the Mississippi River with Huckleberry Finn—and get ready for an enjoyable trip!

AML2022 American Literature

Credit Hours: 3

Catalogue Course Description:

Co-requisite: None

Selected masterpieces of American literature Since 1900 including works Faulkner, Frost, and Hemingway. Meets Area 2A general education requirements for the A.A. degree. Meets Areas 2 or 5 general education requirements for the A.A.S./A.S. degree.

Investigate the search for the American Dream. Become involved in the struggle for equality—for specific groups of people and for individuals—and against unjust laws. For the paths of daring individuals as they probe for answers that will give meaning to their lives and the lives of others. Follow these "new frontiersmen”—Steinbeck, Ellison, Millay, and others.

AML2600 African-American Writers

Credit Hours: 3

Catalogue Course Description:

Co-requisite: None