ENGL 2400♦ - Appalachian Literature

3 credit(s)

This course provides an opportunity to explore and appreciate the richness, diversity, and vitality of the literary heritage of East Tennessee and the Southern Appalachian region. The course focuses on how our cultural traditions and values have been recorded and interpreted both by natives of the region and outsiders and, ultimately, what impact these traditions have had on modern Appalachia. The course includes works by writers such as Mary Murfree, John Fox, Jr., Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Thomas Wolfe, James Agee, Jesse Stuart, Harriette Simpson Arnow, James Still, Wilma Dykeman, and John Ehle. F