LIT 3124 Spring 2022 Ribo

This course—the second of two literary history courses required for Literature, Media, and Culture majors—surveys literature written in English from the turn of the nineteenth century to the present. Our readings will feature a broad selection of short stories, novels, plays, poems, and essays highlighting major figures and movements of British and American literature. Throughout the semester special attention will be paid to how writers interrogate, subvert, expand, and renew literary traditions to reflect changing ethical and aesthetic values. In the process, students will be encouraged to reflect critically on canon formation. What stories merit being told? Who gets to tell those stories? How do they tell them? To what end?

This course fulfills a core course requirement for LMC majors.