ENG 2214 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Civil War
4 Credits
Surveys American literature from the Colonial Era to the Civil War with an emphasis on cross-cultural contact and settler colonial nation building as well as enslavement, racism and systemic marginalization within US politics, economics, and culture.
Pre-Requisites Both of these groups:
1.One of these two: EAP 0099, ENG 0099 (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent)
And
2. Any one of these three: READ 0093, READ 0094, READ 0099
OR
ENG 1108
Major Content Areas
Indigenous America, Contact, and Colonization
New England, Puritanism, Religion
The American Revolution
American Renaissance / Romanticism
Tribal Sovereignty, Slavery, Abolition, and the Civil War
Learning Outcomes
Utilize literary analysis to understand historical and contemporary systemic structures of racism that sustain social, political, economic, and/or environmental inequities, particularly for Black, Indigenous lands and people, and other communities of color as they appear in American literature
Describe individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations among racial groups in the United States and how inequality is maintained by redefining race and other social identities and structures that are evident in American literature.
Examine significant challenges of and contributions to American literature by people in the United States who have experienced racism and other forms of oppression such as sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia
Demonstrate knowledge of canonical works and major genres/styles within American literature in this period
Demonstrate knowledge of major periods and historical developments in American literature during this era
Utilize literary analysis in order to understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States? history and culture.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
7B - Race/Power/Justice
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