Fall ’19: ENGL 576 – Nineteenth-Century American Novel

Professor Scott Peeples.
Fulfills the American Literature requirement.
Meets at the College of Charleston, Monday, 7-9:45 p.m.
Special Topic in American Literature.

In this course, we will examine some of the most influential novels published in the U. S. from approximately 1820 to 1899 — influential in terms of their uses in popular culture, their impact on later works of fiction, and their role in shaping the American literary canon. The list of novelists for this course includes Cooper, Melville, Stowe, Twain, James, and Chopin. We will engage with a variety of critical approaches to these novels as students prepare their own research projects.