ENGL293

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ENGL293

American Modernisms: Race/Sex/Nation, 1915-1940 ENGL293 FA

Crosslistings: AMST293

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	30	0	Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

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Considers breakthrough modernist works from a variety of media--literature, film, fine arts, music--in terms of early twentieth-century controversies surrounding race, sex and nation. Examines formal innovations (abstractionism, jazz, precisionism, pastoral, realism) in terms of contemporary social and political movements (nativism, Harlem renaissance, popular front, urbanization). Lecture/seminar format. Prerequisite of ENGL201 or override form.

MAJOR READINGS

F. Scott Fitzgerald, THE GREAT GATSBY
Jean Toomer, CANE
Alain Locke, THE NEW NEGRO
Hart Crane, THE BRIDGE
Langston Hughes, THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES
William Faulkner, THE SOUND AND THE FURY
Nella Larsen, QUICKSAND/PASSING

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course meets the English department's historical knowledge and Theory requirements. 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: Lecture Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: ENGL201

Section 01: Farland, M; Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 0, Fr: 0; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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Reference:

Collins, Patricia Hill. BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT. New York, New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc., 1991

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