English 181B - Banned Books J.C.Masteller

Institution:

Whitman College

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Banned, burned, bowdlerized, or simply challenged. We will read books someone doesn't want you to read. Our focus will be the books themselves, but we will also consider some of the arguments for and against banning "offensive" books, including 19th-centur"purity" campaigns and 20th-century charges of racism and sexism. We will look at postal regulations that barred Joyce ? Ulyss es and Voltaire 's Candi de, as well as Justice William O. Douglas's defense of free speech and Salman Rushdie's defense of "offensive" literature. Works and writers may range, for exampl e, from Little Red Ridi ng Hood to Sal inger's Catcher in the Rye, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cucko o's Nest, and Ginsbe rg's Howl; from M ark Twain's Huck leberry Finn to Alice Walker and Ton

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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