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Academic Year 2002/2003


American Literature of the Jazz Age
ENGL 325 SP

Crosslistings:
AMST 324
AFAM 329

This course will examine how several American writers responded to the many cultural impulses associated with the term, Jazz Age. We will discuss various forms of American modernism in fiction and poetry, and some of the critical responses to them. We will also discover the relationship of the writing to jazz music and to the literature of the "lost generation."

MAJOR READINGS

JAZZ, Toni Morrison; TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE, F. Scott Fitzgerald; IN OUR TIME, Ernest Hemingway; CANE, Anita Loos; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS; poetry by Langston Hughes, William Carlos Williams and others; nonfiction by Edmund Wilson, H.L. Mencken and others.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One research paper
One classroom presentation

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: ENGL204 OR ENGL230

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Pemberton,Gayle   
Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: JUDD214
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)
SR. major: 6   Jr. major: 4
SR. non-major: 6   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: X   FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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