ENGL 451

Fall 2014

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American Lit 1914-1945
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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
40398
Lecture-Discussion
1G
9:30AM -10:45AM
TR
150 English Building
Parker, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/14-12/10/14
Credit:
4 hours
Section Info:
This course will sample American poetry and fiction from between the world wars, closely studying a set of individual texts and their roles in literary and cultural tradition. Along the way, we will ponder literary responses to changing gender and race relations, World War I, the roaring twenties, and the Great Depression. We will also consider the growth of Modernism and its revolutions in literary form as well as the relation between experiments in literary form and the era?s social and political conservatisms and radicalisms. We will read work by some of the most celebrated writers in American literature?Ernest Hemingway (short stories), William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury), and T. S. Eliot?as well as work by less canonized or more recently canonized writers, including poetry by Langston Hughes and a selection of Imagist poets, Nella Larsen?s Passing, Dorothy Parker?s short stories, Anita Loos?s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, James M. Caine?s The Postman Always Rings Twice, Tom Kromer?s Waiting for Nothing, and Carson McCullers? The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. (These writers and titles provide only a tentative list, but the list gives a picture of the course-plan in progress.) This course offers you the chance to read one of the stunningly great but forbiddingly difficult works in American literature?The Sound and the Fury?in the helpful company of others working it through with you, but be prepared to work hard and read it twice, as it makes far more sense on a second reading. Take this course only if you plan to attend class regularly and join actively in class discussion. Know yourself: if you cannot regularly get up to arrive on time and alert for a 9:30 am class, or if you don?t want to speak in class, then do not take this class. Writing requirements will probably include several papers and a final exam.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
30177
Lecture-Discussion
1U
9:30AM -10:45AM
TR
150 English Building
Parker, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/14-12/10/14
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
This course will sample American poetry and fiction from between the world wars, closely studying a set of individual texts and their roles in literary and cultural tradition. Along the way, we will ponder literary responses to changing gender and race relations, World War I, the roaring twenties, and the Great Depression. We will also consider the growth of Modernism and its revolutions in literary form as well as the relation between experiments in literary form and the era?s social and political conservatisms and radicalisms. We will read work by some of the most celebrated writers in American literature?Ernest Hemingway (short stories), William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury), and T. S. Eliot?as well as work by less canonized or more recently canonized writers, including poetry by Langston Hughes and a selection of Imagist poets, Nella Larsen?s Passing, Dorothy Parker?s short stories, Anita Loos?s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, James M. Caine?s The Postman Always Rings Twice, Tom Kromer?s Waiting for Nothing, and Carson McCullers? The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. (These writers and titles provide only a tentative list, but the list gives a picture of the course-plan in progress.) This course offers you the chance to read one of the stunningly great but forbiddingly difficult works in American literature?The Sound and the Fury?in the helpful company of others working it through with you, but be prepared to work hard and read it twice, as it makes far more sense on a second reading. Take this course only if you plan to attend class regularly and join actively in class discussion. Know yourself: if you cannot regularly get up to arrive on time and alert for a 9:30 am class, or if you don?t want to speak in class, then do not take this class. Writing requirements will probably include several papers and a final exam.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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