ENGL 330 - Modernist Chicago: Urban Literature and Sociology

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
African American Studies; Comparative American Studies; Comparative Literature
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This course focuses on literature associated with the social, literary, and academic scene of Chicago from 1900 to 1959. Reading multi-ethnic articulations of patterns of identity and lifestyle emerging due to rapid industrialization, migration, and class differentiation, we will consider both social and formal features of this strain of modernism (in works by Dreiser, Anderson, Farrell, Wright, Himes, and Hansberry, among others); we will also examine select sociological studies and reflections on Chicago’s intellectual culture. American, Diversity, Post-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: G. Johns
Prerequisites & Notes
For a complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section “Advanced Courses.”