FirstDayAmerLitOne

Published on Aug 17, 2026

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

American Lit to 1865

ENGL 2773-TR01F

American Lit to 1865

  • Pre and Early Colonial
  • 17th Century English Colonial
  • Revolutionary and Early Nat'l Period
  • 19th Century Romanticism and Transcendentalism

Mondays:
Textbook Readings
Active Reading Journals (Moodle)

Wednesdays:
Textbook Readings
Discussions (Moodle)

Readings:
Vocabulary Words: what you didn't know

Quotes: what you love, hate, or didn't get

"[O]ur reckoning with the past is dependent on two central ideas:
1. These people were simply products of their time.
2. We are better now" (Dederer 114).

Thoreau

Walden Pond
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Day One In-Class Journal
Explain why you are taking this class and what you plan to do after this class

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Untitled Slide

Angela D. Cotner, M.A., J.D.

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