ENGL 243 - Lunatics,Lovers,and Poets:Southern Storytellers

Institution:

Alfred University

Subject:

English

Description:

2 or 4 hours. Southerners don't hide their skeletons in closets; they invite them into the living room to entertain at tea. This course focuses on works which examine what Flannery O'Connor defined as the Southern grotesque-individuals "forced to meet the extremes of their own nature." Exploring the world created when tragic merges with comic, other writers might include Faulkner, Williams, Welty, Percy, Crews, Dickey, and Tyler. (A)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.alfred.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 871-2111

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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