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Young America: Literature and Social Criticism in the Progressive Era
ENGL231 SP

Crosslistings: AMST321

This course is a survey of social criticism in the U.S. during the first two decades of the 20th century.

MAJOR READINGS

Henry Adams, Jane Addams, Randolph Bourne, John Dewey, Thomas Dixon, Theodore Dreiser, W.E.B. DuBois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Pauline Hopkins, William James, Jack London, Horace Kallen, Frank Norris, Alain Locke, Ida B. Wells, Gertrude Stein

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two exams, three papers.

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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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