(3cr) A course designed to survey the rich and diverse literature associated with the geographical region known as Appalachia. Both traditional writers identified with the area, such as Rebecca Harding Davis and Jesse Stuart, as well as contemporary writers such as Lee Smith, Denise Giardina, Robert Morgan, Marilou Awiakta, Fred Chappell, Ron Rash, and Henry Louis Gates will be explored in the course.
