Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, G)

This is an interdisciplinary course that draws from a range of different art forms, as well as history and social science, to examine the ways in which race appears in the contemporary arts. Some central questions are: How does race structure the arts in terms of content and form as well as other levels of cultural and political representation? Why is it important to have equal representation of forms within the cultural sphere? Who creates? Who views? Who has access to circulation? How does this affect all of as citizens of a community?

This course explores the definition and evolution of a national literary tradition in the United States from the Civil War to the present. We will examine a variety of issues arising from the historical and cultural contexts of the 19th and 20th centuries, the formal study of literature, and the competing constructions of American identity. Students will consider canonical texts, as well as those less frequently recognized as central to the American literary tradition, in an effort to foster original insights i9nto the definition, content, and the shape of ?literature? in the United States.