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WLL 460 - Politics and Literature in the 20th Century

(3 units) CO12, CO13
Literature as political expression in Western and non-Western contexts.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 203  or CH 212 ; Junior or Senior standing.

Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to discuss the relationship of the specialized area of literature covered in the course to broader theories of politics.
2. Students will be able to show how the creative arts often address key political concepts either directly or through various assumptions made by authors and filmmakers when presenting a story.
3. Students will be able to evaluate aspects of literary theory and the chosen texts of the course within the political era in which they were written.
4. Students will be able to analyze the relationship between economic, social and political theory as portrayed in the texts selected for the course.
5. Students will be able to summarize major themes in nineteenth and twentieth century literature and extrapolate to possible outcomes in political action.


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