Imagining the American South
ENGL 248
Fall 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 248, AMST 240 |
The American South has long been set aside in the national imagination as a particular--and, in many ways, peculiar--segment of the country. But why is this so? What makes the South necessarily different--if we assent to this difference at all? This course will examine a diverse series of representations of the American South and will chart its development (and the concurrent development of its literature) over the past century. In the first section of the course, we will explore a set of competing, and often conflicting, images of what the South is and what it means; we will consider how widely the experience of the South varies with sex, race, and socioeconomic class. The second section of the course will take up the complex and colorful tradition of the Southern family, in all its (sometimes dysfunctional) glory. In the third and final section, we will examine images of Southern "expatriates"--characters who have abandoned their sub-Mason-Dixon roots and relocated elsewhere. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Interpretation
This course develops students' skills in literary interpretation and intercultural literacy.
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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) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Kate Chopin, THE AWAKENING
William Faulkner, AS I LAY DYING
Carson McCullers, A MEMBER OF THE WEDDING
Alice Randall, THE WIND DONE GONE
Tennessee Williams, THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Eudora Welty, THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER
August Wilson, THE PIANO LESSON
Richard Wright, UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN
(may include others)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two 5-7 page papers, 1 midterm, 1 final exam |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Literatures of Difference major requirement and contributes to the American Lit and Race & Ethnicity concentration requirements of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Mahurin,Sarah Joanna Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 36 | | SR major: 12 | JR major: 12 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 12 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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