Literature of the Gilded Age
ENGL 257
Fall 2019
| Section:
01
|
| Crosslisting:
AMST 278 |
The decades after the Civil War witnessed a dramatic upheaval in American social experience. This was the period of big business and class conflict; mass urbanization and transportation; race-based segregation and non-Anglo immigration; globalization, imperialism, and the closing of the West; the increased agitation for women's rights; the growth of tourism both at home and abroad; and the rise of professional institutions and institutionalized social reform. This course will examine writers who creatively responded to these massive social changes. |
|
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
|
Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
|
Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Henry James, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1881); William Dean Howells, THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM (1885); Sarah Orne Jewett, THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS (1896); Charles Chesnutt, THE CONJURE WOMAN (1899); Sutton Griggs, IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO (1899); Thorstein Veblen, THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS (1899); W.E.B. Du Bois, THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK (1903); Frank Norris, THE PIT (1903); Edith Wharton, THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY (1913); Mark Twain, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER (1916)
|
Examinations and Assignments:
Three 7-page-papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the American Literature concentration of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Day Frank,Morgan Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: FISK121; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 4 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
|
|