ENGL 422 - Satire

Institution:

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Subject:

English

Description:

An exploration of satirical writing and its functions from its English origins in eighteenth-century London (Montagu, Swift, Pope) to its twenty-first-century reincarnations in both America and Britain (Zadie Smith, Burgess, Schulyer, Hughes, Waugh). The course emphasizes the various goals that writers have assigned to satire, especially in terms of race, gender, and nationalism.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.umd.umich.edu/

Phone Number:

(313) 593-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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