09:05 A.M. - 09:55 A.M. , M,Tu,W,Th
FordH 110, 4 credits

Instructor: Hutter, Liz

Liberal Educ. Reqs: Meets CLE req of Citizenship/Publ Ethics Theme; meets CLE req of Literature Core; meets CLE req of Writing Intensive

Description: How has American literature addressed what it means to be a citizen? English 1501 examines literature written with the intent to leave an impression: works that have stunned, mobilized, stimulated, and galvanized the American public. The course is dialectical, setting diverse works against one another to form a dialogue that extends across chronological, geographic, and racial boundaries. ?Literature? is defined broadly to include novels, speeches, essays, testimonies, sermons, plays, music, photography, and film. Recent readings have included Uncle Tom?s Cabin, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Souls of Black Folk, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. This course doesn?t sit on the shelf: it will ask students to examine and engage with the world around them.