Fall 2005 Courses

English 372 – American Literature 1900-1945 (Polansky)

MWF 3:30-4:30
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Wary that we do not sacrifice, unduly, depth for breadth, we will consider some of the most important, and most interesting works – in prose, poetry, and drama – of American Literature 1900-1945. Of prose, we will read: James’s The Beast in the Jungle; Cather’s  O Pioneers!; Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers; Hemingway’s In Our Time; Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying; Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God; James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and; Nathaniel West’s Miss Lonelyhearts. We will read the following plays: William Vaughn Moody’s The Great Divide; O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms; Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal; Philip Barry’s Holiday, and; a final play to be determined, Among the poets whose work we will consider are: Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Marianne Moore, E.E.Cummings, and Hart Crane. Students will write three essays and lead one class discussion.

Fall 2005 Course Listings