Middlebury

ENGL 1038

Literature and Class Struggle

Literature and Class Struggle
In this course, we’ll investigate the representation of class struggle in a variety of cultural and historical contexts, ranging from eighteenth-century agrarian poetry to twentieth-century experimental film and the contemporary novel of climate crisis. Under what conditions, we’ll ask, do working-class projects of social transformation take shape? How can literature and film stimulate social consciousness or propel movements? How does cultural work reveal the interplay between class, gender, and race in liberation struggles? With the assistance of Marxist and feminist theory, we’ll offer answers to these questions by studying the work of authors and filmmakers including Muriel Rukeyser, Sembène Ousmane, Leslie Kaplan, Lana and Lily Wachowski, and Kim Stanley Robinson. 3 hrs. sem.
Subject:
English
Department:
English
Division:
Literature
Requirements Fulfilled:
AMR EUR LIT PHL WTR

Sections in Winter 2024

Winter 2024

ENGL1038A-W24 Lecture (Sheldon)