ENGL 455

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Intensive study of the work of one or two major authors.

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 455 class schedule data for fall 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40444	Lecture-Discussion	1G	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	127 English Building	Hutner, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: FA24 ENGL 455 - Major Authors - Gordon Hutner - F. Scott Fitzgerald and Richard Wright - This version of Major Authors will study the careers of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Richard Wright. At first glance, they could not seem a less likely pair, but a close reading of their works reveals how their sometimes-antagonistic preoccupations often converge. From their very different vantage points, both are close observers of the American class system, and they can come to remarkably similar conclusions, especially about capitalism: Fitzgerald, the analyst of wealth and privilege; Wright, the chronicler of the exploitation of Blacks, from the rural South to the urban North. Only for a decade, the 1930s, do their writings coincide: one in his putative decline, his “crack-up”; the other amid his extraordinary ascent. We will be reading their short fiction, at least two of their major novels, along with their autobiographical and occasional writings. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	39507	Lecture-Discussion	1U	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	127 English Building	Hutner, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: FA24 ENGL 455 - Major Authors - Gordon Hutner - F. Scott Fitzgerald and Richard Wright - This version of Major Authors will study the careers of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Richard Wright. At first glance, they could not seem a less likely pair, but a close reading of their works reveals how their sometimes-antagonistic preoccupations often converge. From their very different vantage points, both are close observers of the American class system, and they can come to remarkably similar conclusions, especially about capitalism: Fitzgerald, the analyst of wealth and privilege; Wright, the chronicler of the exploitation of Blacks, from the rural South to the urban North. Only for a decade, the 1930s, do their writings coincide: one in his putative decline, his “crack-up”; the other amid his extraordinary ascent. We will be reading their short fiction, at least two of their major novels, along with their autobiographical and occasional writings. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.