ENGL 452

Spring 2013

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American Lit 1945-Present
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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
32199
Lecture-Discussion
1G
10:00AM -10:50AM
MWF
149 Henry Administration Bldg
Parker, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/14/13-05/01/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Info:
In studying nearly seventy years of prolific writing, we cannot pretend to find a representative sample in one semester, but we will read a set of works that will provoke our interest for their variety of forms, styles, and topics, the dialogues they set up with each other and with readers, and the portraits they offer of American literature and culture since World War II. The highly tentative reading list includes Allen Ginsberg?s Howl, Sylvia Plath?s The Bell Jar, Patricia Highsmith?s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Philip K. Dick?s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Ursula K. LeGuinn?s The Left Hand of Darkness, Tony Kushner?s Angels in America, Margaret Edson?s Wit, Bharati Mukherjee?s Jasmine, Ray Young Bear?s Black Eagle Child, and Percival Everett?s Erasure. Where appropriate, we will watch clips from films based on the readings. We will also explore the world of contemporary literary journals, in print and online. Students who prefer to stay quiet in class should not take this course, because we will focus on discussion, and all students will be expected to join the dialog.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
32197
Lecture-Discussion
1U
10:00AM -10:50AM
MWF
149 Henry Administration Bldg
Parker, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/14/13-05/01/13
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
In studying nearly seventy years of prolific writing, we cannot pretend to find a representative sample in one semester, but we will read a set of works that will provoke our interest for their variety of forms, styles, and topics, the dialogues they set up with each other and with readers, and the portraits they offer of American literature and culture since World War II. The highly tentative reading list includes Allen Ginsberg?s Howl, Sylvia Plath?s The Bell Jar, Patricia Highsmith?s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Philip K. Dick?s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Ursula K. LeGuinn?s The Left Hand of Darkness, Tony Kushner?s Angels in America, Margaret Edson?s Wit, Bharati Mukherjee?s Jasmine, Ray Young Bear?s Black Eagle Child, and Percival Everett?s Erasure. Where appropriate, we will watch clips from films based on the readings. We will also explore the world of contemporary literary journals, in print and online. Students who prefer to stay quiet in class should not take this course, because we will focus on discussion, and all students will be expected to join the dialog.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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