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ENG 100/118 - War, Memory, and Gender (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semester
How do we narrate war? What are the challenges of telling stories and writing about the often traumatic experiences of war? What is the connection between war stories and memories? What does war tell us about society’s expectations of gender roles, about how men and women are supposed to act and see themselves? In order to explore these and other questions, we will read poetry and novels written about World War I, study Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried in the context of letters and interviews by actual soldiers, and watch Hollywood war films, such as Full Metal Jacket and Jarhead.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 118 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
When offered as ENG 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Literature Cornerstone Requirement.
When offered as ENG 118, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Literature Cornerstone Requirements.
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