ENGL 43616 - Seminar: American Literature in the World

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

How does the world influence America? What is the place of America in the world? In this course we will read poetry, plays, manifestoes, and works of fiction that suggest many answers to these questions. Conversation will provide an organizing theme as we venture around the globe and range across time from Shakespeare to the present. Our readings will be grouped into units that focus on different modes of literary relationship and are likely to include The Tempest, The Scarlet Letter, and The Last of the Mohicans; poetry by Anne Bradstreet, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes; fiction by Honoré de Balzac, Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe, Maryse Condé, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Toni Morrison; Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and works it influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela; and plays by Arthur Miller and Melinda Lopez. Course requirements include regular participation and in-class assignments; several short papers; one 5-page paper; and a ten-page paper.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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