Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: 20TH-21ST CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will examine 20th century and contemporary U.S. Literature and culture in context of theories and movements of social justice and individual freedom. These might include: liberal individualism, theories of subjective agency, feminism, antiracism, and so on. The course will examine the role that literature plays in constructing, questioning, and reformulating ideas of freedom and agency. Cross-list: WGST 462.