ENG (0122) 252 - Literary Cities

Credits: 3.00

Students will be immersed in an international, student-centered experience that theorizes the way in which literature reflects the urban experience. The student will read the literature of a given city, in the city itself, integrating class time with fieldwork that demonstrates how the city shapes the artists who occupy it.

Free Note: Students in this course will not be able to take a Friday 12 pm course. There is an extra cost for this course including airfare, housing, food, transportation, etc. Registration for course is handled by sponsoring department and CIE.

Learning Goals: Upon completing the course, the student will be expected to:

Display an understanding of the urban immigrant experience.

Display an understanding of the way in which the environment of the book impacts our experience of the literature contained therein.

Exhibit a comprehension of the historical processes of urban development, and the conflation of diverse experiences that such growth engenders.

Articulate an awareness of the different ways in which the city manifests itself in a variety of literatures.

Engage with the relevant theoretical issues that emerge around the topic of urban culture.