ENGL 461

Spring 2016 Part of Term B

Part of Term B
Mar 14-May 4

Topics in Literature

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced seminar on any of a variety of literary topics.

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. May be repeated for graduate credit if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 461 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32225	Lecture-Discussion	G2	3:00PM -4:50PM	TR	Henry Administration Bldg	Hunt, I	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: End of Poverty in AFAM Lit Section Info: Topic Section G2: The End of Poverty in African American Literature What would it take to eradicate poverty? Or is it here to stay? In this class we will explore the way African American writers have answered these questions in works published throughout the 20th century. Joining the concept of utopia with philosophies of socialism, communism, capitalism, and other economic systems that fail to fit these rubrics, we will examine the challenges writers faced in imagining utopian economies. What literary forms and rhetorical strategies did these authors employ and contest? Given the diversity of the social whole, on what basis would people unite without excluding others—class, race, nationality, or a hybrid category beyond these? How, in other words, did authors negotiate the risk of reducing a diverse society to a single identity or class location? Almost every progressive economic system African Americans have worked to create has faced backlash from governments, vigilantes, employers, and others. How, then, do writers account for that aggression and envision ways of surmounting it? Likewise, what are the potential forms of violence inherent in their own utopias? Finally, how has the attitude toward the idea of utopia evolved over the course of the century? Does “utopia” continue to have a positive ring? Authors include Sutton Griggs, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, George Schuyler, Richard Wright, Lloyd Brown, and Octavia Butler. Secondary readings include selections from Karl Marx, Frederic Jameson, Kojin Karatani, Viviana Zelizer, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. Requirements include active participation in class discussions, regular brief reading responses, a group presentation, a short essay (6-7 pages), and a final paper (8-10 pages). Graduate students should be expected to write one seminar paper (12-15 pages). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32223	Lecture-Discussion	U2	3:00PM -4:50PM	TR	Henry Administration Bldg	Hunt, I	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: End of Poverty in AFAM Lit Section Info: Topic Section U2: The End of Poverty in African American Literature What would it take to eradicate poverty? Or is it here to stay? In this class we will explore the way African American writers have answered these questions in works published throughout the 20th century. Joining the concept of utopia with philosophies of socialism, communism, capitalism, and other economic systems that fail to fit these rubrics, we will examine the challenges writers faced in imagining utopian economies. What literary forms and rhetorical strategies did these authors employ and contest? Given the diversity of the social whole, on what basis would people unite without excluding others—class, race, nationality, or a hybrid category beyond these? How, in other words, did authors negotiate the risk of reducing a diverse society to a single identity or class location? Almost every progressive economic system African Americans have worked to create has faced backlash from governments, vigilantes, employers, and others. How, then, do writers account for that aggression and envision ways of surmounting it? Likewise, what are the potential forms of violence inherent in their own utopias? Finally, how has the attitude toward the idea of utopia evolved over the course of the century? Does “utopia” continue to have a positive ring? Authors include Sutton Griggs, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, George Schuyler, Richard Wright, Lloyd Brown, and Octavia Butler. Secondary readings include selections from Karl Marx, Frederic Jameson, Kojin Karatani, Viviana Zelizer, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. Requirements include active participation in class discussions, regular brief reading responses, a group presentation, a short essay (6-7 pages), and a final paper (8-10 pages). Graduate students should be expected to write one seminar paper (12-15 pages). Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.