Cost and Registration Information
Early Registration Price (August 7 at 10 am – August 31 at 4 pm): $160
Regular Registration Price (August 31 at 4 pm – first day of class): $176
Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.
Mark your Calendar!
The Newberry Bookstore will re-open on August 14, and you will once again be able to find most of your assigned books for sale there.
Seminar Description
Decaying antebellum mansions, religious charlatans, and raucous poker parties – Southern literature has it all. This course will take a close look at four prominent Southern writers from the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams, Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner, and Eudora Welty. In addition to examining the historical and cultural background of these Southern writers, we will study the manner in which they critiqued their own cultures and used their work to dispel the myths and romanticized stereotypes of the antebellum South, often in bizarre and shocking ways.
Four sessions. E - $160, L - $176
Katrina A. Kemble is an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago. She holds an MA in literature and has a special love for Southern writers and culture.
Materials List
Required:
- Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, New Directions, 2004. ISBN: 978-0811216029
- A course packet of additional material, compiled by the instructor and distributed during the first class, for which there will be a nominal fee due at that time.
First Reading:
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For the first class, please read the link that will be sent upon registration, in the confirmation email.
This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.