Perspectives in Literature

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Perspectives in Literature
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Professor(s)
Department
English
Course Code
2000
Semester / Year
Spring 2012
Course Description

As you can see from the Collegeā€™s description of this course, Perspectives in Literature is ā€œA study of human values in the literature of Western Culture. Readings are organized around the great themes of literature and life, family life, man, woman, and nature of evil, the individual and society, skepticism and faith.ā€ This semester, weā€™ll explore these themes as they appear in various genres of American and British literature. We will encounter controversial social issues and questions that hounded authors for centuries; through novels, short stories, poetry, a play, and a graphic novel, weā€™ll examine how people have answered (or not) some of literatureā€™s most persistent questions about science, power, art, love, war, peace, and existence.

Acknowledgements

This course was created by: Rebecca Mazumdar