Overview: Consumerism

Black and white photo of a department store window display, showing several outfits on headless dressing dummies

 

Objectives

  • Analyze two pieces of 20th century American literature using on of the four major themes discussed in this course (Essay #1)
  • Respond to the weekly readings within the context of your own perspective (Textual Annotations)
  • Analyze the influence of consumerism to late 20th century American writing (Weekly Journal Entry)