ENGL 553

Fall 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

Seminar Later American Lit

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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One college course devoted entirely to an aspect of American studies or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 553 class schedule data for fall 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32356	Lecture-Discussion	E	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	English Building	Hutner, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Section Title: Reconstruction Section Info: Topic Section E: Reconstruction This course examines a much overlooked though crucial epoch in US literary history, the years between following the Civil War and leading up to Plessy v Ferguson (1896), especially the period between 1866 and 1877. Virtually every anxiety that continues to plague US society—racial injustice, income inequality, and immigration—can ultimately be traced to this incredibly troubled and formative era. US writers confronted a nation trying simultaneously to solidify itself through fictions of unity, even as policies of disharmony were nostalgically embraced. The nervous search for order marking the literary production during these years glanced backward while encountering an increasingly incomprehensible present. We will read a diverse array of novelists—largely but not exclusively in the realist tradition—belle lettrists, and intellectuals, who tried to come to terms with this tragically confused and confusing America. The course will be organized through weekly readings and presentations. Students will commit early to a research project on a text of their choosing, on which they will write a critical essay. The last several weeks of the course will be devoted to a publication workshop. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.