PLTC 243 - Politics and Literature

Institution:

Bates College

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Description:

This course explores the links between politics and literature, focusing on the unique powers of fiction for understanding and expressing politics. Students read and discuss novels, short stories, and plays drawn from diverse historical and cultural settings, including the Middle East and China. Topics include the construction of authority; women and politics; war, violence, and narratives; change of regime and political power; the construction of alternative realities; private and political virtue; and the relationship between stories and democratic and authoritarian politics. Students also write short stories of their own. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 243. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. A. MacLeod.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bates.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 786-6000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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