LIT 352 - The Literature of Resistance

Institution:

Marylhurst University

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Description:

This course focuses on literature from around the world that testifies to political or social injustices, and, through the act of testifying, poses some form of resistance. In reading fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, students will look at many of the issues that surround the act of bearing witness: the erasure of identity and the break of narrative sequences that adheres in surviving and/or observing traumatic historical events, and the healing (both cultural and individual) that can come through bearing witness. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB9, HCA3. A Literature in Translation course. 3 crs.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.marylhurst.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 636-8141

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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