| Title: | Southern Gothic Literature |
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| Course Section Number: | GEN-300-01 |
| Department: | Gender Studies |
| Description: | HYBRID COURSE. AVAILABLE TO VIRTUAL LEARNERS. ENG-310-01=BLS-300-01=GEN-300-01. This class is about the ghosts that haunt the literature of the American South. After the Civil War, when the ideal of the pastoral plantation crumbled, Southern writers sought to contend with the brutal historic realities that had always lurked behind the white-pillared façade: poverty, violence, slavery, racism, patriarchy. Southern Gothic literature-which emerged in the early 19th century and continues strong today-is marked by dark humor, transgressive desires, grotesque violence, folk spiritualism, hereditary sins, emotional and environmental isolation, supernatural forces, and punishing madness. In this class, we will listen to the stories that the ghosts of the American South have told, and still tell today. We'll read the work of authors such as William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams, Richard Wright, Dorothy Allison, Zora Neal Hurston, Toni Morrison, Kristen Arnett, Karen Russell, Gillian Flynn, and Jesmyn Ward. Meets the Diversity Requirement for the PPE major. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 25, 2021 |
| End Date: | May 11, 2021 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/25/2021-05/03/2021 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 09:05AM - 09:55AM, Center Hall, Room 216
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| Faculty: | Benedicks, Crystal |
| Requisite Courses: | ENG-105,106,107,109,160,214,215,216,217,218,219,220,260, or 297 |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 15 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 13 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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