The journal club for this course is meant as a complement to further explore issues related to American culture and music of the 1920s. Drawing from three pieces of literary writing we will discuss historical, socio-economical, ideological and aesthetic concerns during this decade.
Here is the list and schedule of readings.
| Date Reading | Reading |
| 4/7 Lewis, Babbitt | Sinclair Lewis: Babbitt (1922), http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1156 |
| 4/14 Lewis, Babbitt | |
| 4/21 Lewis: Babbitt | |
| 4/28 Lewis: Babbitt | |
| 5/5 Cather: A Lost Lady | Willa Cather: A Lost Lady (1923), http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200451.txt |
| 5/12 Cather, Lost Lady | |
| 5/19 Toni Morrison: Jazz | Toni Morrison: Jazz |
| 5/26 Toni Morrison: Jazz | Toni Morrison: Jazz |
Additionally, we will relate our discussions to the broader worldwide aesthetics of modernism worldwide in order to attempt an interpretation of some of the music heard during the week and discussed in lecture.
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