English 72 - Literature from the Start of the Twentieth Century to the Present

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Dartmouth College

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08F: 3A, 10A09W: 209S: 12 In 08F at 3A (section 2), Bob Dylan. In this course, we will do close, critical readings of certain Dylan lyrics spanning his entire career, also taking into consideration their social, historical, and biographical circumstances. Oral reports as well as a long final paper will be required. Note: some attention will be given to the performance aspect of Dylan's songs, but we will not listen to them in class. All of the songs assigned and discussed will be available for your listening in the Paddock Music Library beforehand. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group III. CA tags Genre-poetry, Cultural Studies and Popular Culture. Renza. In 08F at 10A (section 3), Quarrelling with Yeats: Twentieth-century Irish Poetry in English. This course will explore the ways that four major twentieth-century Irish poets, Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, Louis MacNeice, and Thomas Kinsella, engage with W.B. Yeats in their work. The strategies by which they created their own poetic styles and thematic concerns will also be considered, and the course will conclude with a brief consideration of a later generation of Irish poets including Michael Hartnett, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Eavan Boland, and Paul Durca n. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group III. CA tags Genre-poetry, National Traditions and Countertradition s. ColemanIn 09S at 12 (section 4), Harlem Renaissance. ( Identical to African and African American Studies 91). This class will examine the literature and social contexts of a period widely knows as the "Harlem Renaissance." Part of our mission in the class will be to deconstruct some of the widely held presuppositions about that era, especially by interrogating questions of class, race, gender and sexuality as social constructs. Although this class will focus mainly on fiction writing, we will also consider some poetry and non-fiction prose as well . Dist: LIT. Course Group III. CA tags Genre-narrative, Genders and Sexualities, Cultural Studies and Popular Culture . Favor.

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3.00

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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