ENG 111 - Visions of America (3 cr.)

Study of literature and art as a means for understanding narratives of American cultural history. Students will examine poetry, fiction, and essays as well as political speeches, paintings, film, and music and explore a diversity of writers and perspectives stretching from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Topics can include democratic ideals; slavery and its legacy; racial, gender, ethnic, and class inequality; protest movements; immigration; the environment; and interconnections between history, literature, and art.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: U.S. Civilization (85+ Regents), U.S. Civilization
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
Semester(s) Offered: Varies