Undergraduate Catalog

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.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 160, ENGL 180. Permission of the Director of the Honors Program required.