ENGL 247C - P1 War in Literature

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Saint John Fisher University

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Description:

This course examines literary and filmic depictions of U.S. wars (though not always from an American perspective), focusing mainly on the colonial era's "Indian Wars" to the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and finally theVietnam War. This class takes an inclusive, multifaceted look at our nation at war--at war with racial "Others," at war with itself, at war abroad-ahow war has affected not only the men who fight but also women, children and non-combatants. Because this class focuses on war in literature (whether printed or filmic), we also focus on how form affects content-i.e., how the text's literary form (poem, short story, novel, film, nonfictional prose, or government document) affects the material it relates. Texts include U.S. government-produced guidelines on films produced for the war effort, novels, poems, High Modernism, and "lowbrow" popular war films.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sjfc.edu

Phone Number:

(585) 385-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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