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Class number:
3019
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Title: New York Literature |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 14 |
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Available seats: 11 |
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Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, SH - N128 |
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Instructor(s): Rosen, David |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a 200-level elective. |
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Note: 15 seats reserved for sophomores and first-year students. |
Course Description:
What is "New York Literature"? On the one hand, this question is easy to answer: for nearly 400 years, the City has been home to both famous and aspiring writers, and has been the subject of uncountable novels, poems, and plays. At the same time, because NYC is so complex and diverse - economically, socially, ethnically - it's tough to pinpoint some essential quality of New York-ness that unites all of this writing. That won't stop us from trying! In this course, we will (selectively) take in the vast sweep of New York literature from its days as a small Dutch colony to its present state as a metropolis of 8 million people. Our semester will conclude with a field trip to the Big Apple. |