Fall 2026 English BC3130 section 001

THE AMERICAN COWBOY AND THE ICONOGRAPHY

AMER COWBOY/ICONOG OF WES

Call Number 00356
Day & Time
Location		 TR 11:40am-12:55pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Margaret R Ellsberg
Type LECTURE
Course Description

This entertaining and edifying lecture-not-unmixed-with conversation course will
consider the icon of the American cowboy, with its signature embrace of
masculinity, stoicism, elegiac music, and identification with nature. We will read
Cormac McCarthy’s dazzling 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 25 students (25 max) as of 5:05PM Saturday, April 25, 2026
Status Full
Subject English
Number BC3130
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Columbia College, General Studies
Section key 20263ENGL3130X001