This independent study literature course covers influential American works from the colonial and early national period through modern day. Content is based on preparatory questions for the 2020 and 2021 CLEP American Literature Exam and adapted for Homeschool/Independent learning. You may choose to modify this course for yourself, your control of your learning is why you have opted for alternative education sources.
READING LIST
Unit 1: The Beginnings, through 1830
Unit 2: The Romantic Period, through 1870
Unit 3: The Realism and Naturalism Period, through 1910
Unit 4: The Modernist Period, through 1945
Unit 5: The Contemporary Period, through today
Religious and Puritan Works in American Lit
Political Works in American Lit
Biographies and Autobiographies of American Figures
Women of American Lit
African-American Lit
Mexican-American Lit
AL: Poetry
AL: Dramas
AL: Novels
AL: Allegories and Satires
AL: Tales and Fables
Projects and Essays