ENN 240
Literature of the City · 3 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
Pre-requisite of ENA/ENG 101 is required.
About this course
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
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