The Sixties
ENGL 237
Spring 2009
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 251, HIST 298 |
This course will focus on the 1960's in the United States. Topics to be considered will include: the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the Goldwater conservative movement, gay liberation, second-wave feminism, pop art, the New York School poets, Judson School dance, the new journalism, tendencies and developments within American Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism, student movements, the Black Power movement, the rise of Asian American and Latino/a cultural nationalisms, electoral politics, environmentalism, Phyllis Schlafly and the Eagle Forum, the Cuban missile crisis, the counter-culture. The approach will be multi-disciplinary, drawing on the insights and interpretive methods of history, literary criticism, American Studies, government, art history, and the history of science. No previous knowledge of these various disciplines or of the topics of the course is presupposed. Preference will be given to sophomores. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Information Literacy, Interpretation
Interpretation and Information Literacy: The approach of this course will be multi-disciplinary, drawing on the insights and interpretive methods of history, literary criticism, American Studies, government, art history, and the history of science.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
James Baldwin, THE FIRE NEXT TIME
Norman Mailer, THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT
Rachel Carson, SILENT SPRING
Barry Goldwater, THE CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES, by the Boston Women's Health Collective
"The Port Huron Statement," by Students for a Democratic Society
Frank O'Hara, SELECTED POEMS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two writing assignments; mid-term test; final examination. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course will meet twice a week for lectures, on Monday and Wednesday, and once in a discussion section, on Friday. A few of the lectures will be delivered by guest speakers. |
| Instructor(s): Abelove,Henry Williams,Amrys O. Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:00PM; .....F. 01:10PM-02:00PM; Location: SHAN107; FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 25 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Abelove,Henry Morris,Robin Marie Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:00PM; .....F. 01:10PM-02:00PM; Location: SHAN107; FISK302; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 25 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 03 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Abelove,Henry Baraw,Charles Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:00PM; .....F. 01:10PM-02:00PM; Location: SHAN107; FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 25 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 04 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Abelove,Henry Baraw,Charles Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:00PM; .....F. 12:10PM-01:00PM; Location: SHAN107; FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 25 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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