LITERATURE & THE EXAMINED LIFE: Fantasy as Social Activism

Catalog description

For English majors and minors to satisfy an upper-division elective requirement and/or to satisfy the upper-division UCA Core requirement in Responsible Living. This course will offer an in-depth exploration of literary responses to a specific issue or issues with moral and ethical implications (e.g., AIDS, the environmental crisis, racial prejudice, poverty, etc.) in ways that challenge students to examine their thinking and behavior in light of the perspectives presented by the works. Lecture, discussion, writing. May be repeated once with the consent of the chair, if the topics differ. Prerequisite: for English majors/minors, one of the following courses: ENGL 2312, 2313 , 2316, 2319; for non-English majors/minors, WRTG 1310, WRTG/ENGL 1320, and the lower-division UCA Core Humanities requirement. [UD UCA Core: R]