Course Info: HACU-0144
| Course | HACU-0144 Post-1945 U.S. Literatures |
| Long Title | Post-1945 U.S. Literatures |
| Term | 2024F |
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| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson Hall 103 on T,TH from 10:30-11:50 |
| Faculty | Michele Hardesty |
| Capacity | 8 |
| Available | 0 |
| Waitlist | 3 |
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| Additional Info | The content of this course deals with issues of race and power Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time |
| Description | This course explores literatures of the United States from the
post-World War II period to the end of the century. We will
traverse a range of literary genres (fiction, poetry, essay,
drama, comics, spoken word), movements (e.g., Beat Generation,
Black Arts, the Asian-American Movement), and periods (e.g., the
Cold War, the Vietnam era, the birth of Neoliberalism). The goals
of the course are to familiarize students with both canonical and
counter-canonical U.S. literary figures, trends, genres, and
texts from 1945-present; to question what is the "American" in
"American Literature" and consider questions of U.S. as nation,
empire, and settler colony; to practice skills of close reading
and contextualized analysis; to create a reading community that
focuses on collaborative critical discussion; and to extend what
we read in class through a research project and final
presentation. We will read a new piece or pieces in every class
in order to expose ourselves to a broad range of literary texts
and contexts. All students are welcome: this course is an
introductory survey that requires no previous studies in
literature. Keywords:literature, american, twentieth century, postwar |