ENAM0447A-S15
The Novel and the City
The Novel and the City
In this course we will take a global and transnational approach as we examine a number of 20th and 21st century British and Anglophone novels about life in the city. We will explore formations of urban life alongside transformations in the novel as a genre. We will put these novels of city life in dialogue with critical theory-that is, theories of culture and society that have as their aim human emancipation (for example, Marxism, feminism, critical race studies, and postcolonial studies). The novels we read will reflect important literary movements such as realism, modernism, and postmodernism. (Not open to students who have taken ENAM/CMLT 0373) 3 hrs. sem.
In this course we will take a global and transnational approach as we examine a number of 20th and 21st century British and Anglophone novels about life in the city. We will explore formations of urban life alongside transformations in the novel as a genre. We will put these novels of city life in dialogue with critical theory-that is, theories of culture and society that have as their aim human emancipation (for example, Marxism, feminism, critical race studies, and postcolonial studies). The novels we read will reflect important literary movements such as realism, modernism, and postmodernism. (Not open to students who have taken ENAM/CMLT 0373) 3 hrs. sem.
- Term:
- Spring 2015
- Location:
- Axinn Center 219(AXN 219)
- Schedule:
- 2:50pm-4:05pm on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 9, 2015 to May 11, 2015)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Yumna Siddiqi
- Subject:
- English & American Literatures
- Department:
- English & American Literatures
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP LIT SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- CMLT0447A-S15
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22601
- Subject Code:
- ENAM
- Course Number:
- 0447
- Section Identifier:
- A