FA 2021 | ENGLISH 313 - Topics in Literary Studies | Section 002 - Evil and the American Literary Imagination

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ENGLISH 313 - Topics in Literary Studies

Fall 2021, Section 002 - Evil and the American Literary Imagination

Instruction Mode: Section 002 is In Person (see other Sections below)

Subject: English Language and Literature (ENGLISH)

Department: LSA English Language & Literature

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unlimited

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With permission of instructor.

Repeatability:

May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit(s). May be elected more than once in the same term.

Primary Instructor:

Larson,Kerry C

Description

The theme of this course concerns visions of evil in American literature over the past two centuries. We shall be especially attentive to how different literary genres—tragedy, comedy, romance—and different literary movements—naturalism, modernism, sentimentalism—influence and to some extent pre-determine representations of wickedness and depravity. Beginning with the legacy of Puritanism, we shall turn to other varieties of evil in the nation’s past as they touch upon issues relating to slavery, inequality, and other forms of injustice.

Readings include stories by Hawthorne and Melville, novels by Zora Neale Hurston, E. L. Doctorow, and Colson Whitehead, and poetry by Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath.

Schedule

ENGLISH 313 - Topics in Literary Studies

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Section:

002 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

27856

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

1:00PM - 2:30PM

3347 MH

Section:

003 (LEC)

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In Person

Class No:

30151

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

10:00AM - 11:30AM

1460 MH

Section:

004 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

Hybrid

Class No:

36432

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

2:30PM - 4:00PM

2306 MH

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