ENGL1184 · English
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This section of Literature Core will explore how literary texts bear witness to historical events and address social issues. Through the study of poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography, we will examine how writers have used a variety of literary genres and forms to transform traumatic memories and the experiences of displacement and oppression into art. Topics include slavery and the Holocaust. Texts may include Herman Melville's Benito Cereno, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Art Spiegelman's Maus, Tommy Orange's There There, and The Laramie Project.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.7 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Student perspective
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Dec 17, 2024 · Historical comment
Took Professor HK's Lit Core class and it was very interesting. I am not an English person and only took the class for the Core requirement but I left with a newfound love for literature. She grades assignments very quickly and provides great feedback. Class participation is SOOO important!
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsFall 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
2 sections