Studies in Literary Movements

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From the British Romantics to the American Transcendentalists, from the Lost Generation to the Harlem Renaissance, writers and artists throughout literary history have often consciously identified themselves as parts of movements, pushing their forms and their culture in new directions. This course will focus on specific movements at specific moments in literary history. We will examine the forces that drove these artists together, their common affinities and interests, and sometimes the forces that tore them apart. Topics will change regularly, and the course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic. Prerequisite: QEN 101. (Offered as needed.)