EWL 339 Literature & Business
This course examines the representation of money and business in America through select literary and philosophical texts from the nineteenth century to the present. Emphasizing various approaches to the analysis of human ways of making a living, and the economic systems within which one does so, the course uses the lens of literature to explore the practices that govern business in America, and the specific ways in which these practices connect to issues (and perceptions) of poverty, debt, race, gender, class, income inequality, consumerism, religion, natural resources, and social conflict.