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Academic Year 2000/2001
Making It New
COL 107 FA
This course studies American literature, philosophy and history between the Civil War and World War II. This is the period in which American literature defined itself in opposition to English and European values. The
course will investigate that
self-definition in the context of American idealism and dissent, the pressures of capitalism, and changes in social ideology.
MAJOR READINGS
Readings include fiction and poetry by Whitman, Melville, Harris, Twain, Bierce, James, Norris, Anderson, McKay, Hurston, Faulkner, Henry Roth, Rukeyser and Berryman, and prose by Peirce, Gibbs, Du Bois, Adams, Veblen,
Santayana, Dewey, Whitehead, Lynd,
Summer, Commons, Meltzer, Trachtenberg and others.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short papers, one midterm, one final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
ORMATION: Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a
completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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