The Last Great Hunt: Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, And American Culture

MNST-8109-1

Maritime College

  • Semester
    Spring 2026
  • Instructor
    John Rocco
  • Start Date
    01-12-2026
  • Total Credits
    3
  • Call to Register
    718-409-7400

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This course concentrates on Herman Melville’s place in the American literary canon and the impact of Moby-Dick on American culture from the Abstract Expressionists to pop music and science-fiction films. We will also be concerned with the genre of sea fiction, the American whaling industry, and Melville as a precursor to modernist and postmodernist experimentation. This is a multi-media examination of the greatest novel in American literature and how Melville’s “last great hunt” changed the world. Corequisite: MNST 6001.
Course Area: Humanities
Level: Graduate
Dates: 01-12-2026 - 05-01-2026
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Instructor: John Rocco
Local Course ID: 26SP_MAR_MNST8109_01
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