ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

In what ways is the story specially American yet universal enough to speak to diverse peoples and generations? In this course, we will examine in depth four versions of the story: Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz, the 1978 Motown movie The Wiz, and Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked. ................
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