ENG 210 American Literature explores American literature with attention to masterworks. In this course, students make sense of the heterogeneity of American literature to learn the most salient aspects of the literary – and, in some cases, also broader, cultural – developments on the territory of the United States from the foundation of the first English colonies to the first decade of the 20th century. Students learn about older American literature based on a selective and interpretive historical survey up until 20th-century writing viewed from different angles, according to its main genres and cultural and ethnic differences. Prerequisite: ENG 100.