EN 746 The City in American Literature and Culture (Spring: 3)

We will consider how American literature and culture has responded to the formal and conceptual challenges posed by cities. Taking an American Studies approach to our subject, our inquiry will include not only novels (e.g. Sister Carrie, The Street, The Fortress of Solitude) and other literary forms but also film (e.g., Chinatown, Blade Runner, Do the Right Thing), painting, music, landscape, and more. We'll also read scholars like Betsy Klimasmith, Max Page, and Catherine Jurca who offer interdisciplinary models for relating the interpretation of texts to the social, economic, and political facts of city life.
Carlo Rotella

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