| Title: | Southern Gothic Literature |
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| Course Section Number: | ENG-310-01 |
| Department: | English |
| Description: | ENG-310-01=BLS-300-03=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. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 16, 2023 |
| End Date: | May 6, 2023 |
| Meeting Information: |
03/20/2023-05/05/2023 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00AM - 11:50AM, Center Hall, Room 215
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| Faculty: | Benedicks, Crystal |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 20 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 5 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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