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, Native Speaker) and other literary forms but
also film (e.g., Chinatown, Blade Runner), music, landscape,
and more. We'll also read scholars like Betsy Klimasmith, Thomas Heise,
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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