American literature

What it covers

In this unit, you will examine a range of novels, short stories, and poems which illuminate major themes in United States literature from the nineteenth century through to today. Topics explored may include: what it means to be 'American' and who decides; race and class division; the legacies of chattel slavery and colonial dispossession; regional differences; immigration and Jewish-American experience; gender and sexuality; the relationship between literature and popular culture.

Assessment

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