ENGL 516W (01) - American Literature II Money, Migration, and Modernity: Huck Finn to Beloved

American Lit II Money

Durham   Liberal Arts :: English
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   30  
CRN: 15415
Students will discuss novels, plays, poems, and essays that address the difficult issues of national rebuilding, the temptations of a new consumer culture, the devastations of numerous wars fought overseas, and encounters with European, Jewish, Latin American, and Asian immigrants. Whether comparing nineteenth-century Huckleberry Finn with twentieth-century Beloved or making sense of modern and postmodern literary playfulness, students will become thoughtful readers and writers.
Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Equivalent(s): ENGL 516, ENGL 516H
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Humanities(Disc)
Instructors: Lawrence Beemer

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/28/2023 12/11/2023 MWF 1:10pm - 2:00pm HS 240
Final Exam 12/19/2023 12/19/2023 T 8:00am - 10:00am HS 240
Additional Course Details: 

This course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English Department majors. 

ENGL 516W is a required course for English Teaching majors.