EN 782.01 Issues and Methods in American Studies (Spring 2008-2009: 3)
This course offers an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American
culture. It is not a survey of American cultural history; rather, we will
concentrate on approaches, methods, and themes of interest as we assemble
critical skills for making interpretive arguments about aspects of culture
in their historical moment. The forms we analyze will include examples from
literature, film, painting, music, theater, landscape, and architecture,
among others. Emphasis will be on recent scholarship.
Christina Klein
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