Variant of CIP 2016 - Alternative primary groupings

• 03 - Humanities
• 23. - English language and literature/letters
• 23.14 - English literature

23.1402 - American literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the literature and literary development, both formal and folkloric, of the United States from the colonial era to the present. These programs include courses in period and genre studies, author studies, literary criticism, and regional and oral traditions.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • American literature

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• Exclusion(s)

  • Canadian literature (in English)(23.1403)
  • comparative literature(16.0104)
  • English literature(23.1401)