ENG-2826 - American War Literature and Film II (3)

Prerequisite: ENG 1020 ;

Students continue examination, discussion, and response to works of literature and film that interpret the experience of war and its consequences. Students look at the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the currency of the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and study how literature and film depict not only the battles but the impact of these wars on American ideology and culture. Students also study, as set forth in the literature, basic tenets of human behavior driven by the extreme circumstances of and engagement in war.