The Epic of America (the Novel)

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This course introduces a range of works from the US canon that engage the concept of travels in relation to the themes of race and slavery, gender and sexuality, and citizenship and empire. Through reading some great American novels, we will explore travels and mobility from pre-Civil War to modern America, and from the slave-holding south to multiracial and multicultural metropolises both within and beyond the US borders. By drawing connections between these great American novels, we will discuss how they collectively cross and challenge national, geographical, and political boundaries of the color line¬¬––and importantly––how they resonate with DKU's core concept of 'rooted globalism.' 001375