ENG 383 - Banned Books and the Law in American History(

Institution:

Virginia Wesleyan University

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Description:

Interdisciplinary reading and discussion seminar intensively exploring book banning and censorship in U.S. history, with a focus on literature, law, aesthetics, and sociopolitical context. In addition to reading and evaluating significant literary works banned for a variety of reasons over time, this seminar studies and dissects the legal battles that created, supported, and ended censorship, the shifting nature of free expression, the definitions of obscenity and high art, and the political response to literature. Offered in selected Winter Sessions.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.vwu.edu

Phone Number:

(757) 455-3200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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