ENGL 274

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Literature and Society

Credit: 3 hours.

Major literary works presented within the context of social issues of their time.

May be repeated with the permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 274 class schedule data for fall 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	61272	Lecture-Discussion	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	English Building	Jones, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts course. Section Title: Energy Literature Section Info: Topic Section Q: Energy Literature For over two hundred years, energy has been big business. People have worked systematically to extract whale oil, petroleum, coal, uranium, and natural gas from under the sea and beneath the earth to fuel factory machines and light lamps, and to power our trains, planes, ships, and automobiles. The pursuit of energy has inalterably changed our relationship with the natural environment, our understanding of land (and sea) ownership, global politics, and the course of economic history. But how do we make meaning out of it? In this course, we will examine texts that reflect on the politics, aesthetics, economics, and historical significance of energy. From Moby-Dick to Syriana, American culture has turned to art to make meaning out of energy: to praise and lament the energy industries. We will encounter a variety of texts in this course: novels, newspaper articles, political polemics, historical narratives, and narrative and documentary films. We will not privilege nonfiction over fiction or classic literature over last week?s newspaper articles: rather, we will approach all sources critically, as texts subject to fine-grained literary analysis. Students will write two critical essays and a large volume of informal writing. Students will also be assessed based on periodic quizzes, exams, and on active, engaged participation in class discussion. TEXTS: Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (Norton, ISBN 0393972836); Upton Sinclair, Oil! (Penguin Books, ISBN 0143112260); Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (Penguin Books, ISBN: 0143104918)