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ENGL109

Social Imagination of the Thirties ENGL109 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

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Next Offered in 9798 FA

A consideration of the various meanings and values perceived in country, state, people, and community during the depression.

MAJOR READINGS

James Agee and Walker Evans, LET US NOW
PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
James M. Cain, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
John Dos Passos, THE BIG MONEY
Mike Gold, JEWS WITHOUT MONEY
Zora Neale Hurston, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Meridel LeSueur, RIPENING
Clifford Odets, "Awake and Sing," SIX PLAYS
Tillie Olson, YONNONDIO
Nathaneal West, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
Richard Wright, NATIVE SON
Films: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, BRINGING UP BABY, FREAKS, THE
GRAPES OF WRATH, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935, IT HAPPENED ON NIGHT,
LITTLE CAESER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Requirements include several short papers (2-3 pages), one longer paper (8-10 pages), and classroom participation. Each student will lead at least one class session.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

An occasional film may be shown outside of class time. 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: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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