Spring 2026 English UN2826 section 001

American Modernism

Call Number 12895
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Ross Posnock
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course approaches modernism as the varied literary responses to the cultural, technological, and political conditions of modernity in the United States.  The historical period from the turn of the century to the onset of World War II forms a backdrop for consideration of such authors as Getrude Stein, Willa Cather, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes.  Assigned readings will cover a range of genres, including novels, poetry, short stories, and contemporary essays. 

Web Site Vergil
Department English and Comparative Literature
Enrollment 0 students (54 max) as of 5:06PM Saturday, October 18, 2025
Subject English
Number UN2826
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Open To Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, Global Programs, General Studies
Note Dist: 1900-present, prose fict/narr, American
Section key 20261ENGL2826W001