Course Schedule and Catalog

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

Department: *Women and Gender Studies*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

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, anti-racism, and so on. The course will examine the role that literature plays in constructing, questioning, and reformulating ideas of freedom and agency. Cross-list: ENGL 462.