ENGL 308 - American Migration

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Trinity College

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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, large-scale internal migration reshaped the human geography of the United States. Southerners moved north, farm-dwellers moved to cities, the displaced sought economic promise in new regions. The literature written by and about these migrants presents an opportunity to study the impact of geography and environment on human imagination and cultural practice. We will read narrative representations of historic departures and resettlements, including African-Americans' Great Migration to the industrial north and Dust Bowl refugees' flight to California, in texts by such authors as Willa Cather, William Attaway, John Steinbeck, Carlos Bulosan, and Harriette Arnow. We also will write our own migration narratives and explore representations of a more recent example of internal migration-the displacement of New Orleanians by Hurricane Katrina. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800, or a course emphasizing cultural contexts. 1.00 units, Lecture

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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