LITERATURE 172 - American Icons

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Claremont McKenna College

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Yaffe This course will explore the concept of the icon in American culture. How have certain figures become the subject of scrutiny, obsession, even worship And how has the idea of the icon been a central theme in American literary texts and in American life Possible icons may include Walt Whitman (a gay icon and poetic icon), Henry James (an icon of the literary master), F. Scott Fitzgerald (an icon of the Lost Generation), Miles Davis (an icon of black masculine hop), Allen Ginsberg (a Beat Icon), Bob Dylan (an icon of the 60's counterculture, much to his chagrin), Billie Holiday (an icon of the martyred jazz diva), Sylvia Plath (an icon of confessional poetry), and Andy Warhal (our icon of iconography itself). Offered occasionally.

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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