ENGL 178 - Rewriting America: American Literature from the 1900s to the 1950s

4 HU
Second Semester. How did the rise of the “modern,” the increase in immigration, and the unimaginable violence of the two World Wars change the conception of what America is (and what Americans are) and how to represent them? This course will explore how the “Jazz Age,” the Harlem Renaissance, the Lost Generation, the tenement slums, “Modern Art,” and the rise of cinema affected concepts of nation, citizenship, gender, race, and even the notion of a self.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limit: 50.
Ms. Takada

Credits: 4 hours