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ENGL 161 - How The Simpsons Saved American Literature

Semester Hours: 3
The Simpsons have explored, adapted and parodied many pieces of American literature.  The works studied (Huckleberry Finn, Citizen Kane, Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf, The Music Man, Wiseguy, Goodfellas, and The Natural, among others) examine the following themes in American literature: the roles of men and women, family values, heroes and role models, American ingenuity, the underdog and the outlaw, and success.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
WSC 1  and 2 . Open only to students who have fulfilled the Writing Proficiency Exam requirement. (Formerly 192C.)

Summer 2010 Offering:
SSII
70784: TBA; Pioreck; Distance Learning


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