OXE 272,472 - Christian Doctrine and American Literature

Institution:

William Jewell College

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Description:

Tutor: Mark Walters,Professor of English An analysis of various theological perspectives of fiction (how, for instance, certain readings of pre and post-lapsarian human nature lead to a range of critical assumptions about the story-making impulse and process), followed by an examination of the ways in which Christian doctrine has informed canonical American fiction, specifically that of Hawthorne, Melville, Faulkner, O'Connor, and Updike.

Credits:

2.00 - 3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jewell.edu

Phone Number:

(816) 415-5979

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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