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Apr 24, 2024
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ENGL 143S SC - Literature and Popular Culture in the Antebellum United States
The years preceding the Civil War saw both the emergence of a distinctive national literature in the US and the rise of mass consumer culture. This upper-level seminar will explore how popular culture shaped American literature: how this era’s literature both grew out of popular culture and defined itself in contradistinction to it. The course will attend to such issues as the emergence of modern social movements, the explosion of writing by and for women, and the popularity of gothic and sensational fiction in the penny press. Readings will encompass both “classic” American literature and the ephemera of antebellum print culture. This course meets the senior seminar requirement for Scripps English majors (please see “Senior Requirement in the English major” in the catalog) but is open to all students.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every other year
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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