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Dec 15, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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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): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. discuss the relationship of the specialized area of literature covered in the course to broader theories of politics.
2. 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. evaluate aspects of literary theory and the chosen texts of the course within the political era in which they were written.
4. analyze the relationship between economic, social and political theory as portrayed in the texts selected for the course.
5. summarize major themes in nineteenth and twentieth century literature and extrapolate to possible outcomes in political action.
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