ENGL H356 Rural Literature
Through reading major works in several genres, students will investigate the massive transformations in rural America during the last century and a half. The course studies how rural-based texts respond to issues of race, class, gender, and the environment-issues central to any definition of America. Authors may include Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, Zora Neale Hurston, Luis Valdez, and Jane Smiley, among others.
Prerequisite
ENGL 160,
ENGL 180. Permission of the Director of the Honors Program required.