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Title of course:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alcohol in American Literature<\/p>\n

What prompted the idea for the course?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I got the idea for the course when I was writing a chapter on the temperance movement in American literature for my doctoral dissertation. I ended up reading a lot of fiction and poetry about alcohol and the anti-alcohol movement. I thought it would be fun to teach a class that\u00a0surveyed American literature through a booze-themed lens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since alcohol affects and disables people regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or class, it is easy to find literature about the impact of alcohol from many points of view.<\/p>\n

What does the course explore?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I pair my course with a medical doctor who teaches a course on the\u00a0biology of addiction<\/a>. In the biology course, students learn about the\u00a0biological and physiological effects<\/a>\u00a0of diseases of addiction,\u00a0substance use and abuse<\/a>, dependency and recovery.<\/p>\n

The core curriculum at John Carroll University requires students to take paired courses from different departments that are linked together. A colleague who teaches biology courses approached me about linking my alcohol class to her addiction class. Students must take both of our courses during the same semester. The combined courses give students both a scientific and literary view of addiction.<\/p>\n

Students read fiction, poetry and drama about many aspects of alcohol and other addictive substances: celebrating them, struggling with them, even prohibiting and regulating them. Students compare the literary representations of substance and alcohol abuse with medical descriptions and impacts. For example, when my class reads Kristen Roupenian\u2019s viral short story \u201cCat Person,<\/a>\u201d we talk about the role of alcohol in reducing inhibition when casually dating.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a critical lesson from the course?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

My goal is for students to come to a better understanding of how alcohol influences literature. They learn how some writers portray the way alcoholism further marginalizes minorities. For example, characters in\u00a0Sherman Alexie<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven<\/a>\u201d are enrolled members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians. They live on the reservation and have great difficulty finding or keeping a job. Many characters suffer from intergenerational trauma, poverty and a pervasive addiction to alcohol.<\/p>\n

For their final project, students must pitch a movie that offers a compelling plot with relatable characters. The storyline must be backed up by a deep understanding of the science of disease and addiction.<\/p>\n

What materials does the course feature?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 \u201cNight of the Living Rez<\/a>,\u201d by Morgan Talty, explores addiction and poverty among the Penobscot Nation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cThe Sun Also Rises<\/a>,\u201d by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic novel set in 1920s Paris about a set of heavy-drinking American ex-pats dealing with the trauma of World War I.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We visit\u00a0Karamu House<\/a>, the U.S.\u2019s oldest continuing African American theater, to watch a performance of \u201cClyde\u2019s<\/a>,\u201d a popular play by Lynn Nottage that is set in a truck stop sandwich shop that employs the recently incarcerated.<\/p>\n

What will the course prepare students to do?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Students can be better advocates for their own personal health, and the health of others, if they understand how addictive substances affect their minds and bodies. Pre-health students in particular get a general introduction to medical issues related to addiction and how American authors have long portrayed booze.<\/p>\n

For example, Frances Watkins Harper\u2019s \u201cThe Two Offers<\/a>,\u201d written in the 1850s, is believed to be the first short story ever published by an African American woman. It is a temperance story that encourages young women not to marry a drunkard, highlighting the antebellum Black community\u2019s concerns about sobriety and domestic well-being, in addition to freedom.<\/p>\n

The course hones students\u2019 critical reading and writing skills while challenging them to think about the role of alcohol, substance abuse, sobriety and recovery in their lives and in American culture.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Debra J. Rosenthal is a Professor of English at John Carroll University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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