APC Document 32: Addition of new course, LIT 367, Writers of the Beat Generation

Effective Date: Fall 2010

1. Add: On page 189, new course, LIT 367:

367 Writers of the Beat Generation (3)

Explores Beat and Beat-related writers including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Diane Di Prima. Along with literary analysis, texts are situated in a historical, political and cultural context. See department chair.

Impact:

There should be no impact on the resources and staffing of the Literature and Language Department or other departments on campus with this addition. The course has been taught as a Special Topics course two times by the same instructor (Lori Horvitz).

Rationale:

Given the student interest in this course (it was filled to capacity both times it was taught), and its potential status as a DI course, “Writers of the Beat Generation” should be added as a part of the curriculum in the Literature and Language Department. This addition is part of the Literature & Language Department’s process of updating our current curriculum to reflect changes in the profession and to more adequately represent our current course offerings. Not only will this course facilitate the understanding of a contemporary literary movement, texts will be considered within historical, political and social contexts (e.g. gender, race, class).