Literature of Americas

Survey of literatures of Americas, with emphasis on complex ways in which letters of North America, Central America, South America, and Caribbean forge distinctly American perspective on global affairs. Spans literature from age of encounter to 19th-century U.S., American revolution and Latin American independence movements and beyond, considering such topics as empire, colonialism, slavery, transnational dynamics, and cross-cultural transformations among indigenous, European, and African civilizations. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change.

P/NP or letter grading.