Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2019-2020
MLSC 543 - THE CITY IN LITERATURE
Long Title: THE CITY IN LITERATURE
Department: School of Continuing Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Liberal Studies
Description: We will read a variety of writers from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. For some historical background and city discourse, we will also read parts of Lewis Mumford's The City in History, Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and the essays of Michel de Certeau, Georg Simmel, E B White, among others. Department Permission Required.