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Academic Year 2004/2005


The City in American Fiction
ENGL 107 FA

Crosslistings:
AMST 112
Clusters:

Urban Studies

The Puritan, John Winthrop wanted his followers to "build a city upon a hill," to demonstrate the righteousness of the newly-arrived inhabitants of America. Throughout our history, authors have written about the city, sometimes as utopian, sometimes dystopian, often as documentary, sometimes as a character, itself, in a fiction. We will examine fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries to review this complex and often exciting theme.

MAJOR READINGS

THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM
MAGGIE, A GIRL OF THE STREETS
MANHATTAN TRANSFER
NATIVE SON
THE DAY OF THE LOCUSTS
LOOKING BACKWARD
THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

3 2-page papers
3 5-page papers

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005


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