ENGL 330 - Modernist Chicago: Urban Literature and Sociology

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WR

The story goes that literature grew up in Chicago - the city that developed so rapidly in the 19th century - striving for “democratic” representation of new urban experiences and (multi-classed, immigrant, and racial) identities, culminating in a renaissance from 1900-1930. Did Chicago continue to encourage a specific strain of American modernism? We will address this question through readings in urban sociology and authors such as Dreiser, Algren, Wright, Attaway, Walker, and Brooks. American, Diversity, Post-1900. Enrollment limit: 25.

 
Instructor: G. Johns
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Two 200-level courses, including at least one Gateway course; or three 200-level courses.