Hard Rain--An Interdiscipliinary Senior Seminar (ART-440 / ENGL-592)
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Course Description
This two-credit course will examine through literature, film, art, and music various social and political movements that emerged in America during the 1960s as the country fought an internally divisive war in Vietnam. Students will be responsible for leading discussions. Assignments include written work, art projects, and a final presentation that responds to the course’s themes. Readings include The Things They Carried, American Pastoral, and essays, poems, and other selections from The Portable Sixties Reader. Weekly films (viewed in addition to regularly scheduled classes) include: Atomic Café, Hearts and Minds, Far from Heaven, Full Metal Jacket, Bamboozled, and The Graduate. Students must also enroll in English 592/3. Seniors may take this course to fulfill the second term of their art requirement.
