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Apr 20, 2024
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Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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LIT 242 - From Puritan Diaries to Oprah’s Book Club: Readers and Writers in American History (4 Cr.) (HIS 242) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
Using insights gleaned from various disciplines, this course examines the history of reading and writing in America. In particular, we will study how written texts are produced, disseminated, and consumed. Topics include Indians and the discovery of print; the sentimental novel; slave narratives; religious readers; the making of an American literary canon; comic books in modern America; and, of course, Oprah’s book club. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
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