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In the past two decades, the American prison complex has become a much-debated topic. Mass incarceration and the death penalty have led to heated political debates, as have the conditions of confinement. This class will look at recent fiction and the representation of the prison within these texts. Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room follows an incarcerated woman in prison, partly using flashbacks of her pre-prison life. The Enchanted by Rene Denfield focuses on the perspective of people on death row, whereas One Big Self explores the prison in poetry. While these works were not composed by incarcerated individuals, we will discuss texts from within the prison as well as short stories and invaluable theoretical texts. Apart from the texts that will be available on StudIP for download or distributed in class, please purchase and read:
- C. D. Wright, One Big Self (2003) ISBN 978-1556592584
- Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room (2018) ISBN-13: 978-1910702680
- Rene Denfield, The Enchanted (2015) ISBN-13: 978-1780226347
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