HUMA 444B - Richard Wright’s Native Son and the American 1930s and 1940s

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University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

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Description:

Th is inquiry course uses Richard Wright’s groundbreaking novel, Native Son, to explore ways in which literature can refl ect, interact with and change the world out of which it arises. After a careful reading of the novel, we consider how a writer’s comments on his art can help us understand the art, how a novel’s composition and reception aff ect our understanding, how the historical context of a work can help us refl ect upon the relationship of literature and history, how other media such as fi lm versions of the novel interpret it and how social and philosophical interpretations of experience are refl ected in the narrative. Group 8. 4 cr.

Credits:

8.40

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.unh.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 862-1234

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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