Students will read a range of controversial books, and discuss the contexts and content of calls that they be banned. What ideas about literature, religion, and social order underpin such initiatives? Can limiting access to literature ever be justified? Authors may include Milton, Rushdie, Hitler, Twain, Nabokov, Joyce, Lee, and Morrison. NOTE Also offered at Bader College, UK (Learning Hours may vary).
Students will read a range of controversial books, and discuss the contexts and content of calls that they be banned. What ideas about literature, religion, and social order underpin such initiatives? Can limiting access to literature ever be justified? Authors may include Milton, Rushdie, Hitler, Twain, Nabokov, Joyce, Lee, and Morrison. NOTE Also offered at Bader College, UK (Learning Hours may vary).
