AMST-342 Seminar: Written on the Wall: 20th- and 21st-Century American Prison Writing
The writing of the men and women inside the American prison system constitutes a kind of shadow canon to that of better-known literary artists. We will read broadly in 20th- and 21st-century American prison writing, asking questions about the generic coherence, social and moral import of incarcerated people’s non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Authors will include Jack London, George Jackson, Assata Shakur, and citizens serving time today. Students who are twenty-one or older will visit a book group inside a state prison.
Seminar (12)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
LIT-342
Prerequisite
one 200-level course in literature.
Offered
Fall
Notes
(History or SSIH). Not open to first-years. Does not fulfill the senior seminar requirement for ENGL or LIT concentration.