ENG 290 - Literature of Baseball

Institution:

Dean College

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Description:

This course examines the subject of baseball as seen through examples of a variety of literature; poetry, short stories, essays, novels, myths and legends, sports columns, and plays will serve as the literary vehicles through which baseball is explored. The course also shows baseball as the mirror of American history, psychology, and sociology. By more deeply understanding baseball, the reader comes to a more profound awareness of the American character, the American experience, and the timelessness of the American dream. Authors such as Carl Sandburg, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Donald Honig, Marianne Moore, August Wilson, John Updike, Don DeLillo, Annie Dillard, and others will be among the selections. Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dean.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 541-1900

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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