AMER 329 - Literature of Service

Institution:

Saint Norbert College

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Description:

This course addresses concepts of American culture through the dual lenses of literary texts and community-based learning. The course explores individuals and communities in crisis or transition as a result of poor health, poverty, immigration, homelessness and gendered, sexual, racial or ethnic discrimination. Throughout the semester, paired students regularly volunteer at local community service agencies and expand their knowledge of these concepts by writing reflection journals as well as various forms of researched persuasive critical writing (literary analysis, opinion editorials, grant proposals and newsletters). Authors may include Dorothy Day, Robert Coles, Jane Addams, Edward Bellamy, William Carlos Williams, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Fae Myenne Ng, Li-Young Lee and Anna Deavere Smith.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.snc.edu

Phone Number:

(920) 337-3181

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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