Units of Study

ENGL2660 - Reading the Nation: Modern U.S. Writing

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Sarah Gleeson-White
Phone: +61 2 9351 2391
Email: sarah.gleeson-white@sydney.edu.au

Description

In this unit, we will read some of the most significant American prose texts of the mid-20th century. We will examine the way in which a range of writers has responded imaginatively to some of the major cultural and historic events of this period. Our specific focus will be the way in which these writers have imagined the nation in terms of race, gender and place.

Assessments

1xtutorial exercise (15%), 1x3000wd essay (45%) and 1xtake-home exam (40%)

Classes

1x1-hr lecture/week and 1x1 tutorial/week

Prerequisites

12 Junior credit points of English

 Wednesday

  10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm

ENGL2660

   

Lect 1

         

 

   

Lect 2

         
1 This class runs from Week 1 to Week 3
2 This class runs from Week 5 to Week 13

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