Kids on the Run: Literary Outcasts and Outsiders

ENGL 0201O S01 [CRN: 25052]

How do we grow, and when do we "grow up"? This seminar focuses on uneasy transitions from childhood into adulthood in literature. From paupers to punks, we will rethink alienation, gender and normalcy through changing conceptions of adolescence across two centuries. Authors will include Dickens, Bellow, Nabokov, Welsh, Clowes, Haddon and Aira. Screenings of The 400 Blows, Ratcatcher and Dogtooth. Enrollment limited to 17. WRIT
Term
Spring 2013
Credit Hours
1.0
Maximum Enrollment
17
Course Attributes
Writing - Designated Courses
Primary Instructor
Meetings
12:00 am - 12:50 am Mon, Wed, Fri - from Jan 23, 2013 to May 17, 2013
Exam Group Code
05 (May 17, 2013 2:00pm)