New York City in the '40s
ENGL 384
Fall 2014
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| Course Cluster: Urban Studies |
This research seminar will consider the cultural and intellectual history of New York City in the 1940s. Special attention will be given to the way New York's artists and intellectuals led the United States' transition to the post-World War II era. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ellison, Ralph, Invisible Man
Fearing, Kenneth, the Big Clock
Hersey, John, Hiroshima
Highsmith, Patricia, Strangers on a Train
McCarthy, Mary, The Company She Keeps
Miller, Henry, All My Sons
Petry, Ann, The Street
Salinger, J. D., Nine Stories
Smith, Betty, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Williams, Tennessee, Streetcar Named Desire
Additional poems, films, photographs, painting, music
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Examinations and Assignments:
a research project, which may take the form of an essay (20 pp), a website, an exhibition design, a video or podcast several short assignments that will contribute to the research project;
3 short essays |
| Instructor(s): McCann,Sean Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: CRT285; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 8 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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