City, Culture, and Literature in the Early Twentieth Century

How did changes in the city shape early 20th-century literature? How does the literature of this period--whether avant-garde or documentary, progressive or conservative--shape the way we imagine the city? Topics may include urban spectacle, mobility and segregation, the neighborhood and the crowd. Authors include Dos Passos, Eliot, Larsen, Orwell, Woolf, Wright. Prerequisite: two previous literature courses. Priority to English and Urban Studies concentrators.