Literature - American

These videos for English 102 provide a good introduction to the different movements in American Literature. Education Portal allows you to "watch fun & engaging [and free] lessons taught by world-class educators. When ready, pass an exam" which will "prepare you to pass credit-granting exams" such as the College Level Examination Program (CLEP).

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Taught by Amy Hungerford, Professor of English at Yale, "....[this] course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period [1945 to present], focusing on the relationship between writers and readers, the conditions of publishing, innovations in the novel's form, fiction's engagement with history, and the changing place of literature in American culture. The reading list includes works by Richard Wright, Flannery O'Connor, Vladimir Nabokov, Jack Kerouac, J. D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth and Edward P. Jones." Click on the "Sessions" tab underneath the course title to see the list of videos and topics covered for each instructional session.

Taught by Langdon Hammer, chairman of the Department of English at Yale, "this course covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major practitioners. The authors discussed range from Yeats, Eliot, and Pound, to Stevens, Moore, Bishop, and Frost with additional lectures on the poetry of World War One, Imagism, and the Harlem Renaissance." Click on the "Sessions" tab underneath the course title to see the list of videos and topics covered for each instructional session.