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Course Date, Times and Location
Spring 2019
Tuesdays 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
02 April to 21 May, 2019
Location: University of Chicago Gleacher Center, downtown Chicago
Course Description
Chicago has provided the setting and the opportunity for poets and fiction writers to examine the social and historical setting of the city in their works. This course will read and discuss writings from several examples of the Chicago Tradition including Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, Carl Sandburg, James T. Farrell, Lorraine Hansberry, Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow and others. We will seek to read a selection of these works by examining the social, economic or political context in which they were written. This course will illuminate Chicago’s history, culture and social and economic challenges.
Instructor: Clinton E. Stockwell M.A; M.L.A.; Ph.D.
A Word to Course Participants: As a not for credit course, the Graham School attracts students who bring with them a lifetime of experience and reading. The Syllabus lists Recommended and Required reading assignments that will be the primary sources for the weekly discussions. However, the instructor both encourages and welcomes participant Alternative reading choices as appropriate, particularly in the cases where the participant either has read books on the reading list, or if students have particular interests that supplement the list.
Textbooks Recommended
The Caxton Club and Neil Harris, Chicago by the Book: 101 Books that have Shaped the City and its Image. The University of Chicago (2018).
Textbooks Required
Algren, Nelson. Chicago City on the Make. 60th Anniversary Edition. University of Chicago Press (2011).
Bellow, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March. Penguin, (2006)
Farrell, James T. Young Lonigan. Penguin Classics (2003)
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Vintage; Reprint, Reissue edition (November 29, 2004).
Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (2001).
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