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ENGL 381 1xbet sports betting Survey 1

Eisenhower Hall 21 | MWF 9:30 | Fall 2007

Designed for English majors, 1xbet sports betting Survey 1 is an examination of 1xbet sports betting literature from the earliest accounts of colonization to the poems and stories of the Civil War era. Tracing the development of selected literary styles and periods, we will read texts that reflect some of the variety of cultural and historical experiences in the U.S. from 1492 to 1865. The authors to be studied have been selected for their considerable influence on the future directions of 1xbet sports betting life and thought and their ability to startle and compel contemporary readers.

1xbet sports betting Survey 1 takes a literary-historical perspective on 1xbet sports betting writing.

1xbet sports betting : we will read texts carefully, paying close attention to what is said and how it is being said. Such close reading will help us to discover not only what texts mean but also how they mean and how they come to have different, sometimes contradictory meanings in different contexts.

Historical: we will read texts to learn about past ideas, cultures, societies, peoples, events. We will consider questions such as: What was the significance of those writings in their original contexts? What did those writings do in the past? What is the importance of those past writings to us in the present? Historical literary analysis means figuring out how literary texts relate to other texts and events of the same period; it also means figuring out how literary texts relate to the larger course of 1xbet sports betting literary history.

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