Literature of the City
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Overview
Subject area
ENN
Catalog Number
240
Course Title
Literature of the City
Department(s)
Description
This course introduces students to the literature of the city. Students will explore urban themes, social issues and cultural developments in the fiction, essays, poems, autobiographies, and plays of major city writers like Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Grace Paley, Anna Deveare Smith, Chang-Rae Lee, Hanif Kureishi and Oscar Hijuelos. Popular art forms like journalism, song lyrics and film may also be examined. This is a Writing Intensive course.CUNY Pathways: Flexible Core-U.S. Experience in it's Diversity
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate LaGuardia CC
Liberal Arts
Yes
Course Attributes
WRIC - WRIC (Writing Intensive)
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
011748