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. Writing intensive.
Section Comments: Topic: American Lit: Civil War - Present
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Equivalent(s): ENGL 516, ENGL 516H
Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Humanities(Disc)
Instructors: STAFF
Additional Course Details:
This course satisfies a Post-1800 literature requirement for English Department majors.