POLS 3440 Politics through Literature

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as POL 59.
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3 hours; 3 credits

Contribution of literary sources to the study of politics. Political concepts and problems include political obligation, freedom, authority, revolutionary violence, and technology. Application of political criteria rather than aesthetic criteria to works by such authors as Melville, Faulkner, Orwell, Camus, Morrison, Allende, Naipaul, and Marshall.

Prerequisite: Core Studies 3 or Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3].

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