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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

EN 247 - American Literture and Buddhism, 1950-present


This course considers the ways in which Buddhism has shaped American literature since 1950. We will attend to literary movements (notably the Beats), environmental writing, cultural history, and contemporary social justice issues, but our primary focus will be on the ways in which writers use poetic devices and startling imagery to “spring” the mind.

Credits: 4

Core: Literature & The Arts