LIT 2081 - Spring - Robinson

How have family structures evolved over the last few decades? How are family dynamics influenced by social, political, and economic forces? What “counts” as a family? In this course, we’ll be exploring these questions (and others) through an examination of depictions of the family in contemporary American literature, with a focus on the novel and the short story. Classwork will include close reading, discussions, written assignments, and presentations.