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ENGL104
Experiencing Modernity
ENGL104 SP
Next Offered in 9899 SP
An introduction to some of the key ideas that have come to
define "modernity." We will examine a variety of documents
from the mid-19th century through the 1920s, a period
closely associated with the formative experience of the
"modern." The course is divided into three areas:
capitalism, urbanization and technology; sexuality, the
unconscious and individual self-development; and, race,
nation and "authenticity." Our goal is to understand
modernity as it was experienced by American and European
writers and to assess critically their legacy in light of
our own "late" or "post" modern concerns.
MAJOR READINGS
Conrad: HEART OF DARKNESS
Dickens: HARD TIMES
DuBois: THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
Freud: DORA: AN ANALYSIS OF A CASE OF HYSTERIA
Marx and Engels: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Wells: THE TIME MACHINE
Shorter readings by Baudelaire, Boas, Cather, Delany,
Durkheim, Ellis, Fry, Joyce, Le Corbusier, Malinowski, Mew,
Nietzsche, Schreiner, Simmel, Wilde, and Weber.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Six short papers; larger final
paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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