Overview
Description
Literature as political expression in Western and non-Western contexts.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Core
CO12, CO13
Related Courses
Cross Listed With WLL 460
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- discuss the relationship of the specialized area of literature covered in the course to broader theories of politics.
- show how the creative arts often address key political concepts either directly or through various assumptions made by authors and filmmakers when presenting a story.
- evaluate aspects of literary theory and the chosen texts of the course within the political era in which they were written.
- analyze the relationship between economic, social and political theory as portrayed in the texts selected for the course.
- summarize major themes in nineteenth and twentieth century literature and extrapolate to possible outcomes in political action.