ENG 373 - Advanced Topics: Lit & Social Justice (Chicago) (1)

The city of Chicago has always been home to writers involved in social justice movements. Using Chicago as a backdrop, this interdisciplinary course will question the relationship between literature and society. Through shared readings, archival research, and visits to local organizations, students will explore the challenges and constraints faced by individuals and groups seeking social change; the rhetoric used by individual authors and by organizations seeking social change; the construction of identity in social movements; and the role of literature in reform movements. The class will examine issues of race and socio-economic class through case studies of abolition and race relations, the settlement movement, immigration, and labor movements in the 19th and early-20th centuries. By connecting literature to context and to practice, students will investigate the complex web among writers, communities, social issues, and social change. A significant portion of the course takes place at the McLennan Center in Chicago. We will visit historic sites such as Hull House, contemporary neighborhoods where activists are working for social change, and sites of literary importance. This course counts towards the English major as a Social/Global Concerns course and as a 19th-century group iii course. This course counts towards the Sociology & SAN majors; credit for ANT must be determined in conjunction with advisor. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201, 202, or 215; individual courses may have additional prerequisites.

Chicago

A non-refundable deposit of $150 will be due on Monday April 8th and must be paid using the online system. Students must be in good academic, disciplinary, and financial standing with the College at the time of registration and one month prior to the beginning of the course. Details of this policy are available in the Catalogue. The total course fee is $350. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 ; individual courses may have additional prerequisites.
(Humanities)