ENGL 462

Spring 2013 All Classes

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Topics in Modern Fiction

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced seminar devoted to topics in British, American, and Anglophone fiction from approximately 1800 to the present day. Continental fiction in English translation may occasionally be considered.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary. Graduate students may repeat as topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 462 class schedule data for spring 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32235	Lecture-Discussion	1G	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Foote, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Narrative & Waste US Culture Section Info: Topic Section 1G: Narrative and Waste in U.S. Culture ?Waste? is a charged word: individuals are castigated for wasting time, talent, money, or opportunity; bodies can waste away; people can get wasted; ruined landscapes become lonely wastes. Waste is also, of course, a way of separating out material that is useful and valuable from trash and garbage. Waste counter-intuitively suggests excess and abandon as well as scarcity and neglect. This class looks at twentieth-century U.S. narratives about waste in its material, moral, and symbolic incarnations, exploring how the idea of waste itself has generated new kinds of relations between individuals and the culture that surrounds them. In particular, we will look at new kinds of narratives that have emerged around the idea of waste, including creative non-fiction, memoirs, and blogs about lifestyle practices and environmental concerns; and we will pay special attention to what it means that the form of imaginative narratives themselves?television, certain kinds of novels, and blogs, among others?have long been considered ?wastes of time.? The class will include units on food and food writing; science fiction; narratives about hoarding; contemporary nonfiction about environmental anxiety; and narratives about ewaste and digital reading and writing. This class has two aims: to look first at how modern U.S. narrative has defined its cultural work through various meditations on the generative power of waste and wastefulness; and to look at the rise of the explanatory power of ecological criticism for theories of narrative. Course requirements include 4 essays, one final exam, and a collaborative project. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32233	Lecture-Discussion	1U	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Foote, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Narrative & Waste US Culture Section Info: Topic Section 1U: Narrative and Waste in U.S. Culture ?Waste? is a charged word: individuals are castigated for wasting time, talent, money, or opportunity; bodies can waste away; people can get wasted; ruined landscapes become lonely wastes. Waste is also, of course, a way of separating out material that is useful and valuable from trash and garbage. Waste counter-intuitively suggests excess and abandon as well as scarcity and neglect. This class looks at twentieth-century U.S. narratives about waste in its material, moral, and symbolic incarnations, exploring how the idea of waste itself has generated new kinds of relations between individuals and the culture that surrounds them. In particular, we will look at new kinds of narratives that have emerged around the idea of waste, including creative non-fiction, memoirs, and blogs about lifestyle practices and environmental concerns; and we will pay special attention to what it means that the form of imaginative narratives themselves?television, certain kinds of novels, and blogs, among others?have long been considered ?wastes of time.? The class will include units on food and food writing; science fiction; narratives about hoarding; contemporary nonfiction about environmental anxiety; and narratives about ewaste and digital reading and writing. This class has two aims: to look first at how modern U.S. narrative has defined its cultural work through various meditations on the generative power of waste and wastefulness; and to look at the rise of the explanatory power of ecological criticism for theories of narrative. Course requirements include 4 essays, one final exam, and a collaborative project. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.