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Academic Year 2000/2001

City in American Fiction
ENGL 114 FA
Crosslistings:
AMST 112

The course will examine the ways in which cities in the United States have been depicted in our literature. We will begin with the Puritans and the vision that the New World would be "a city upon a hill"--a place fulfilling God's will. We will move quickly forward to the 19th and 20th centuries, discovering how the city is constructed alternately as a benign and malignant force in the lives of its denizens. The course also will address questions of how race, class, status, gender and region are important factors for writers.

MAJOR READINGS

Majors writers included are: Stephen Crane, Henry Blake Fuller, Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, Saul Bellow, Richard Wright

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four papers, one of which is presented to the class

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Attendance is required, and class participation

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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