Mar 28, 2024  
CSU Maritime Academy 2015/16-2016/17 Catalog 
    
CSU Maritime Academy 2015/16-2016/17 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EGL 310 - U.S. Literature of the Sea


Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): EGL 100  
EGL 310 is a survey of those plays, poems and fiction produced in the United States which are shaped by, or specifically represent, the varied relationships of Americans to the seas. The objective of this course is to explore, analyze, and interrogate the way “the sea” has been represented by American writers in a variety of cultural texts. While the course is shaped around several themes-the sea as a site of exploration, romance, and adventure; the sea as a symbol of primal terror; and the sea as a space of commerce and recreation-special attention will be paid to how U.S. maritime literature constructs a national identity and advances or critiques the nation-building enterprise.
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