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Academic Year 2005/2006
Living on the American Land: Versions of Pastoral in U.S. Literature & Culture
ENGL 277 SP
The United States has often been called "nature's nation." This course will explore some of the ways in which American writers from the revolutionary period to the present have depicted relations between their fellow
citizens
and the natural world. Paying special attention to exploration farming, and the "back to the land" movement, we will raise questions about national identity and values, rural ideology, utopianism, and the foundations of
the environmental movement.
MAJOR READINGS
Theoretical texts by relationship Leo Marx, Annette Kolodny, Lawrence Buell, Myra Lehlen, among others.
Primary texts by such writers as Jefferson, Crevecoeur, Batram, Boone, Kirkland, Chesnutt, Jewett, Garland,
Cather, Silko, Thoreau, and Abbey
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Frequent short papers and a final project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course is an American Studies Junior Colloquium. The instructor will distribute Permission of Instructor forms to Junior AMST majors on a first-come, first-served basis UNTIL 3:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,
AFTER WHICH TIME OTHER INTERESTED
STUDENTS WILL BE ADMITTED UP TO THE COURSE LIMIT.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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