AML 3311 Gardner Spring 2021

This course will include a selection of 19th century U.S. authors whose works are considered important to the development of American cultural identity. We will approach 5 novels (James Fenimore Cooper’s The Pioneers, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening) through the perspective of 4 central themes: Religion, Language, Nature and Race. Students will choose one of those themes as their primary focus and apply it to each of the 5 books. Exams on each book will take the shape of essay questions.