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The American 1950's

ENGL 592.301
instructor(s):
W 12-3

An introductory study of U.S. literature and culture in the period 1945-60, with special focus on the anticommunist and anti-anticommunist imaginations. Materials read and discussed will range widely across genres. Students will write (and share with others in the class) a series of short papers; a longer research paper will conclude the term.

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