Spring 2023 English BC3130 section 001

THE AMERICAN COWBOY AND THE ICONOGRAPHY

AMER COWBOY/ICONOG OF WES

Call Number 00505
Day & Time
Location
W 10:10am-12:00pm
ONLINE ONLY
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Margaret R Ellsberg
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

This upper-level research-oriented seminar will study the all-American icon of the cowboy, with its signature embrace of masculinity, stoicism, elegiac music, and love of nature. We will read Cormac McCarthy’s The Border Trilogy and other works that emerge from this icon, watch a curated series of cowboy movies, and write critical essays.

Web Site Vergil
Department English @Barnard
Enrollment 11 students (14 max) as of 5:06PM Saturday, May 10, 2025
Subject English
Number BC3130
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Barnard College, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, Global Programs, General Studies, Professional Studies
Campus Barnard College
Section key 20231ENGL3130X001