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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 22452
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 454
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Sam Cooke sings, "This is a mean old world to live in all by yourself," but it can also be "mean"living with other people. In this life we face constant interaction with the physical and social worlds. In "Mean Old World" we look at literature from ancient Greece to the present day that deals with the ever-present human struggle against forces that may seem insurmountable, but can often be overcome. We will read writers who dramatize our individual and communal challenges, such as family relationships, cultural and linguistic assimilation, the natural world, political oppression, and illness/death. Texts may include ANTIGO'nE, Philip Roth's NEMESIS, Audre Lorde's CANCER JOURNALS, Alice Munro's RUNAWAY: STORIES, short fiction by Jack London and Joseph Conrad, Roberto Bolano's BY NIGHT IN CHILE, poetry from Emily Dickinson as well as literature from the Japanese American Internment. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits