WRLIT-2100: Literature: Modern Topics

Course Description

Modern Topics courses are designed for Writing and Literature Majors and Minors and are focused on the critical investigation of a specific modern topic, movement, style, or tradition of literary and performative production, typically after the year 1900. Students will read and write critically on these topics, including multi-modal responses, and will position the texts within a socio-historical context.

Academic Level: Undergraduate

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Subject

Writing and Literature

Sections

Spring 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Literature: Modern Topics: Black Feminist Eco-Stories Faith Adiele	Faith Adiele	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P3
WRLIT-2100-2: Literature: Modern Topics: Film and Fiction: Abroad @ Home Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, 80 Carolina - P3

Fall 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Weaving Resistance: Storytelling in Text and Textile Anne Shea	Anne Shea	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P1
WRLIT-2100-2: Listen Close: Documentary Theater & the Journalism of Hanging Out Daniel Hoyle	Daniel Hoyle	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E2
WRLIT-2100-3: Building Radical Worlds Hugh Behm-Steinberg	Hugh Behm-Steinberg	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P4

Spring 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Abroad at Home: International Fiction Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 161 C
WRLIT-2100-2: Ocean Stories: Environment in Pacific Poetry and Narratives Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 151

Fall 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Eating Words: The Literature + Film of Food Faith Adiele	Faith Adiele	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P2
WRLIT-2100-2: Fiction and Film: Asian Dreams and Nightmares Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, 80 Carolina - P1
WRLIT-2100-3: Weaving Resistance: Storytelling in Text and Textile Anne Shea	Anne Shea	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC3
WRLIT-2100-4: Literature: Modern Topics - Building Radical Worlds Hugh Behm-Steinberg	Hugh Behm-Steinberg	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC1

Spring 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Tiny Books: The Novela Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Mon 7:15-10:15PM, Hooper GC - GC3
WRLIT-2100-4: Modern International Novel Gloria Frym	Gloria Frym	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - E1
WRLIT-2100-5: To Have & Have Not: Social Class in Literature Gloria Frym	Gloria Frym	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC2
WRLIT-2100-6: Coming of Age Around the World Faith Adiele	Faith Adiele	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 102 A
WRLIT-2100-7: Asian American Literature Julie Thi Underhill	Julie Thi Underhill	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, 80 Carolina - P4

Fall 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-3: Ocean Stories: Environment in Pacific Poetry and Narratives Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - E1
WRLIT-2100-4: The Future is Now! Reading Science Fiction Hugh Behm-Steinberg	Hugh Behm-Steinberg	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 151
WRLIT-2100-6: Reading and Writing Children's Literature Aimee Phan	Aimee Phan	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 103

Spring 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-3: Race and Performance Devorah Major	Devorah Major	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - N13
WRLIT-2100-4: The Short Story in Fiction and Film Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 140
WRLIT-2100-7: Film and Fiction: Asian Dreams and Nightmares Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E4
WRLIT-2100-8: Literature of San Francisco Jasmin Darznik	Jasmin Darznik	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - 103

Fall 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Fiction and Film: Found in Translation Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Thu 11:00AM-12:30PM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-2: Literature: The Art of Witness Jasmin Darznik	Jasmin Darznik	Tue 8:00-09:30AM, Online - HS-1
WRLIT-2100-3: Pacific Pages Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Mon 11:00AM-12:30PM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-4: Postmodern American Poetry Joseph Lease	Joseph Lease	Thu 8:00-09:30PM, Online - HS-1
WRLIT-2100-5: Tiny Books: The Novella and the Short Novel Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Thu 8:00-09:30PM, Online - HS-5
WRLIT-2100-6: Reading and Writing Children's Literature Aimee Phan	Aimee Phan	Mon 11:00AM-12:30PM, Online - HS-6

Spring 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: Digital Graffiti Faith Adiele	Faith Adiele	Tue 9:30-10:55AM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-4: The Short Story in Fiction and Film Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Tue 9:30-10:55AM, Online - HS-3
WRLIT-2100-5: Pacific Pages Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Tue 6:30-07:55PM, Online - HS-6
WRLIT-2100-7: Film and Fiction: Asian Dreams and Nightmares Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Wed 5:00-06:25PM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-8: Literature of San Francisco Jasmin Darznik	Jasmin Darznik	Tue 8:00-09:25AM, Online - HS-2

Fall 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-11: Fiction and Film: Found in Translation Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Online - HS-1
WRLIT-2100-12: Literature: Confluence in the Arts Ishmael Reed	Ishmael Reed	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, Online - HS-1
WRLIT-2100-13: Literature: The Art of Witness Jasmin Darznik	Jasmin Darznik	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-14: Pacific Pages Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-16: Strange Fictions Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Online - HS-4
WRLIT-2100-17: Graphic Novel Matt Silady	Matt Silady	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Online - HS-1
WRLIT-2100-18: To Have & Have Not: Social Class in Literature Gloria Frym	Gloria Frym	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-19: Music and Literature Steve Dickison	Steve Dickison	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Online - HS-2
WRLIT-2100-20: The First Person Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Online - HS-2

Spring 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-12: L: Gender in Literature Dodie Bellamy	Dodie Bellamy	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101
WRLIT-2100-13: L: Children's Literature Aimee Phan	Aimee Phan	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 141
WRLIT-2100-15: L: Postmodern American Poetry Joseph Lease	Joseph Lease	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, Oakland - B Building - B5
WRLIT-2100-16: L: Contemp. British Authors Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2
WRLIT-2100-19: L: Travel Writing Faith Adiele	Faith Adiele	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, Oakland - B Building - B3
WRLIT-2100-20: L: Playing at the Ready: Modern Plays Tonya Foster	Tonya Foster	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101
WRLIT-2100-21: L: Pacific Pages Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC4
WRLIT-2100-22: L: 20th Century American Literature Judith Serin	Judith Serin	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101

Fall 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2100-1: L: Three Poets: Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, and Adrienne Rich Judith Serin	Judith Serin	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101
WRLIT-2100-3: L: Mad Girls, Bad Girls Donna de la Perriere	Donna de la Perriere	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, Oakland - B Building - B2
WRLIT-2100-4: L: Music and Literature Steve Dickison	Steve Dickison	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC7
WRLIT-2100-5: L: Megacities of the Americas in Word, Song, and Image—1930 to 1980 Tonya Foster	Tonya Foster	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC7
WRLIT-2100-6: L: The First Person Tom Barbash	Tom Barbash	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2
WRLIT-2100-9: L: Strange Fictions Juvenal Acosta	Juvenal Acosta	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, Oakland - B Building - B3
WRLIT-2100-10: L: Food Literature Faith Adiele	Faith Adiele	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, Oakland - B Building - B2
WRLIT-2100-11: L: Graphic Novel Matt Silady	Matt Silady	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 103
WRLIT-2100-12: L: Young Adult Literature Aimee Phan	Aimee Phan	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Oakland - B Building - B3
WRLIT-2100-13: To Have & Have Not: Social Class in Literature Gloria Frym	Gloria Frym	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC4

Spring 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-210-01: L: Gender in Literature Dodie Bellamy	Dodie Bellamy	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, Main Building - 101
WRLIT-210-02: L: Writing the Past Jasmin Darznik	Jasmin Darznik	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, Grad Center - GC6

Fall 2018

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-210-01: L: Modern Literature Judith Serin	Judith Serin	Mon 4:00-07:00PM
WRLIT-210-02: Contemp Middle Eastern Lit Anita Amirrezvani	Anita Amirrezvani	Tue 4:00-07:00PM
WRLIT-210-03: L: Mad Girls, Bad Girls Donna de la Perriere	Donna de la Perriere	Thu 7:15-10:15PM