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Carswell Professor of American Literature and Languages Sacvan Bercovitch's unexpected leave of absence next semester will make what some call the English department's already slim offerings in American literature even slimmer...
However, not all courses at Harvard reinforce the American mythology. Some criticize it effectively, such as Carswell Professor of English and American Literature and Language Sacvan Bercovitch's Core literature class, aptly titled "The Myth of America," or the Afro-American Studies classes taught by Professor of the Philosophy of Religion Cornel West '74, or Professor of Sociology Christopher Winship's class on poverty. Unfortunately, such perspectives are difficult to find at Harvard. This University will not fully embody its motto, veritas, until it "found[s] Right on righteousness and Truth on the unhampered search for Truth," principles of education...
Phillips says she is very interested in American literary traditions. She cites Carswell Professor of English and American Literature and Language Sacvan Bercovitch's "Myth of America" course, and Powell and Cabot Professor of American Literature Alan Heimert's English 70, as important influences. (She has also been a teaching fellow for both courses.) Other dystopian novels that have interested Phillips include Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, West's The Day of the Locust and Pynchon's The Crying...
This semester, Professor Sacvan Bercovitch has had to contend with dozens of rude students in his Literature and Arts A class, the Myth of America. Many of them sleep or chat with their friends during his lectures, or rustle their papers and books loudly as they leave fifteen minutes early. Santa will wire every seat in Science Center B to an eject switch at the podium. Then Professor Bercovitch can blast those who do not wish to pay attention clear out to Loker Commons...
...class, taught by Sacvan Bercovitch, Carswell professor of English and American literature and language, explores the various meanings of America and the American dream in major literary works of the 19th and 20th centuries...