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This course aims to provide a forum for the discussion of the origins, the impact, and the legacy of American Romanticism in literary expression. Focusing on the genres of prose, poetry, drama, and nonfiction, course participants will gain a comprehensive overview of the major themes and concepts that shaped the production of that period of literary history, which spans roughly the first half of the 19th century. Special attention will be given to the construction, negotiation, and contestation of nation-building myths and narratives. In that context, we will also examine streams that formed and/or operated within the larger framework of American Romanticism, among which will be gothic, sentimentalist, transcendentalist, abolitionist, and temperance literatures. Information regarding course requirements and materials will be provided in the first session. |
