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DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR BARNARD COURSES

DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS FULFILLED BY BARNARD'S ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COURSES

SPRING 2008  

Fall  2007   

Fall 06-Spring 07 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002

PERIOD DISTRIBUTION: A Pre-1800

GENRE DISTRIBUTION: B poetry, C prose fiction / narrative, D drama or film
GEOGRAPHY DISTRIBUTION: F British, G American, H comparative / global
The following Barnard courses may count toward the Columbia English major and will fulfill the distribution requirements listed (in bold letters corresponding to the above key). For a course not listed here, students must obtain approval from the D.U.S. for the course and for any requirements it may fulfill.

Lectures generally are open; the junior colloquia (3159x-3160y) and the senior seminars (3997x-3998y) have limited space, as they are required for Barnard English majors. For fuller descriptions of the courses below, go to the Barnard English Department's website.


Spring 2008

3140y (ENTH) Women & Theatre (T 11-12:50) D G
3140y Seminars on Special Themes (3 pts.)
Limited enrollment. Sign up at Barnard
 
Sec. 1 Biblical Heroes (MW 1:10-2:25) A H
Sec. 2 Explorations in Black Literature (TR 2:40-3:55) G
3142y Major English Texts II (MW 11-12:15) F
3155y Canterbury Tales (TR 2:40-3:55) A B F
3160y English Colloquium (4 pts.)
Instructor's permission required
 
Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (W 9-10:50) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (T 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (W 4:10-6) A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (M 2:10-4) A H
3164y Shakespeare II (TR 10:35-11:50) A D F
3167y Milton (TR 10:35-11:50) A B F
3173y 18th-c Literature 1660-1740 (TR 10:35-11:50) A C F
3176y Romantic Era (TR 1:10-2:25) B F
3180y American Lit 1800-1870 (MW 11-12:15) G
3183y American Lit since 1945 (MW 10:35-11:50) C G
3188y The Modern Novel (MW 10:35-11:50) C F
3189y Postmodernism (TR 2:40-3:55) C H

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Fall 2007

3141x Major English Texts I A F
3159x English Colloquium
 
Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder A H
3163x Shakespeare A D F
3169x Renaissance Drama 1580-1642 A D F
3171x Culture of the Novel C H
3178x Victorian Poetry & Criticism B F
3179x American Literature to 1800 A G
3181x American Lit 1871-1945 C G
3185x Mod Brit & American Poetry B
3194x Literary Theory H
3195x Modernism H
3196x Harlem Renaissance G
3199x Poetics B H
3201x (FILM) Intro to Film and Film Theory D
3810 (ENRE) Lit Approaches to the Bible A H

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Fall 2006

3140x Seminars on Special Themes
(3 pts. Limited enrollment. Sign up at Barnard)
 
Sec. 1 Prophets/Women in Ren England A F
Sec. 2 Explorations of Black Literature C F
3141x Major English Texts A F
3158x Medieval Lit: Paths to Heaven & Hell A H
3159x English Colloquium (4 pts.)
Instructor's permission required
 
Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder A H
3163x Shakespeare A D F
3166x 17c Prose & Poetry A F
3178x Victorian Poetry & Criticism B F
3179x American Literature to 1800 A G
3181x American Lit 1871-1945 C G
3185x Mod Brit & American Poetry B
3195x Modernism H
3199x Poetics B H
3201x Intro to Film and Film Theory D
3997x Senior Seminars (4 pts.)
Instructor's permission required
 
Sec. 1 Body & Language H
Sec. 2 Women in Colonial America A G
Sec. 3 Mourning & Melancholia A H
Sec. 4 Poets & their Correspondence - - - - -
Sec. 5 Nation & Novel C H
Sec. 6 Fallen Women H

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Spring 2007

3136y (ENTH) Shakespeare in Performance A D F
3139y (ENTH) Modern American Drama D G
3140y Seminars on Special Themes
 
Sec. 1 The Western D G
3142y Major English Texts F
3144y Black Theatre D G
3144y [ENWS] US Minority Women Writers G
3145y Memory and Forgetting H
3149y Colonial Cultures H
3160y English Colloquium (4 pts.)
Instructor's permission required
 
Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder A H
3164y Shakespeare A D F
3167y Milton A B F
3169y Renaissance Drama: Kyd to Ford A D F
3173y The 18th-century Novel A C F
3176y Romantic Era B F
3180y American Lit 1800-1870 G
3182y American Fiction C G
3183y American Lit since 1945 C G
3184y House & Home in American Culture G
3188y The Modern Novel C H
3190y Global English Lit C H
3260y Victorian Age in Lit F
3998y Senior Seminars
 
Sec. 1 Christians & Jews A F
Sec. 2 The Man in the Crowd D G
Sec. 3 Family in American Fiction C G
Sec. 4 Late Shakespeare A D F
Sec. 5 The City in Literature G
Sec. 6 Conrad, Eliot, Woolf C F

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Barnard Courses 2005-2006

FALL 2005
3140x Seminars on Special Themes
(3 pts. Limited enrollment. Sign up at Barnard)
 
Sec. 1 Contemp Brit & Irish Poetry (Hoffman   MW 1:10-2:25) B F
Sec. 2 Explorations Black Lit (Prettyman   MW 2:40-3:55) C F
Sec. 3 Enchanted Imagination (Pagano   MW 10:35-11:50) -----
3141x Major English Texts (Ellsberg   TR 10:35-11:50) A F
3159x English Colloquium (4 pts. Requires permission of the instructor)
 
Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton   T 9-10:50) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Guibbory   R 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin   W 4:10-6) A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Prescott   T 4:10-6) A H
3163x Shakespeare (Platt   MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3166x 17c Prose & Poetry (Guibbory   TR 2:40-3:55) A F
3178x Victorian Poetry & Criticism (Sharpe   MW 11-12:15) B F
3179x American Literature to 1800 (Gordis   MW 11-12:15) A G
3183x American Literature since 1945 (Spiegel   MW 5:40-6:55) C G
3185x Mod Brit & American Poetry (Sharpe  MW 9:10-10:25) B
3193x Literary Criticism & Theory
[Satisfies no distribution req's. Instructor's permission required]
 
  Sec. 1 Brown   R 4:10-6
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  Sec. 2 Gordis   R 11-12:50
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  Sec. 3 Plotkin  T 6:10-8 -----
  Sec. 4 Sharpe   T 2:10-4 -----
  Sec. 5 Fleischer  W 4:10-6 -----
3194x Marxist Literary Theory (Abu-Manneh TR 11-12:15) H
3195x Modernism (Vandenburg TR 1:10-2:25) H
3198x Poetry Movements post-1950s (S. Hamilton   MW 1:10-2:25) B G
3201x Intro to Film and Film Theory (Regan   M 5:40-9:30) D
3992x Lit of the Middle Passage (Phillips  T 9-10:50) C H
3997x Senior Seminars (4 pts. Requires permission of the instructor)
 
Sec. 1 Fallen Women (R. Hamilton   T 11-12:50) H
Sec. 2 Women in Colonial America (Gordis   R 2:10-4) A G
Sec. 3 Late Shakespeare (Platt   W 2:10-4) A D F
Sec. 4 G.M. Hopkins (Plotkin   R 6:10-8) B F
Sec. 5 Courtship & Marriage in Chaucer (Szell W 4:10-6) A B F

SPRING 2006
3140y Seminars on Special Themes
(3 pts. Limited enrollment. Sign up at Barnard)
 
Sec. 1 Madness & Lit (Weinstock TR 2:40-3:55) H
Sec. 2 John Donne (Guibbory TR 10:35-11:50) A B F
Sec. 3 The Marriage Plot (Ellsberg TR 1:10-2:25) C H
Sec. 4 Dickinson & her Era (Schmidt MW 11-12:15) G
Sec. 5 Memory & Forgetting (Schulze TR 2:10-4) H
Sec. 6 The Western (McKenna TR 6:10-10:00) D G
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg   TR 10:35-11:50) F
3148y Literature of the Great Migration 1916-1970 (MW 2:40-3:55) G
3149y Colonial Cultures (Abu-Manneh TR 9:10-10:25) H
3158y Christ's Passion (Weinstock TR 11-12:15) A H
3160y English Colloquium (4 pts. Requires permission of the instructor)
 
Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton   W 9-10:50) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Jaanus  T 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Szell  R 4:10-6) A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Mahoney  R 4:10-6) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt   MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167y Milton (Guibbory   TR 2:40-3:55) A B F
3169y Renaissance Drama (Platt MW 1:10-2:25) A D F
3171y The Novel & Psychoanalysis (Jaanus MW 11-12:15) C H
3176y Romantic Era (Hamilton   TR 9:10-10:25) B F
3180y American Lit 1800-1870 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) G
3181y American Lit 1871-1945 (Vandenburg TR 4:10-5:25) C G
3184y House/Home in Am Cult (Sharpe MW 9:10-10:25) G
3187y Amer & Foreign Novelists (Gordon TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3188y Modern Novel (Vandenberg TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3190y Global English Lit (Abu-Manneh TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3193x Literary Criticism & Theory
[Satisfies no distribution req's. Instructor's permission required]
 
  Sec. 1 Pagano  M 4:10-6
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  Sec. 2 Platt  T 4:10-6
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  Sec. 3 Runsdorf  T 11-12:50 -----
  Sec. 4 Fleischer  T 6:10-8 -----
3196y Harlem Renaissance (Miller TR 1:10-2:25) G
3810y Lit Approaches to Bible (Ellsberg T 2:10-4) A H
3998y Senior Seminars (4 pts. Requires permission of the instructor)
 
Sec. 1 Body & Language (Jaanus W 2:10-4) H
Sec. 2 The Man in the Crowd (Spiegel R 4:10-6) G
Sec. 3 Stereotype/Racial Perf (Miller T 4:10-6) G
Sec. 4 Victorian & Mod Drama (Denison M 11-12:50) D H
Sec. 5 The City in Literature (Sharpe T 2:10-4) G
Sec. 6 Conrad, Eliot, Woolf (Brown W 4:10-6) C F
3136y (ENTH) Shakesp/Perform (Denison T 11-12:50) A D F
3137y Restoration & 18th-c Drama (Kauffman TR 5:40-6:55) D G

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Barnard Courses 2004-2005

FALL 2004
3140x Sec. 1 Explorations Black Lit (Prettyman MW 11-12:15) G
Sec. 2 Fable and Fantasy (Prescott TR 11-12:15) C F
Sec. 3 18th-century Novel (Gerzina TR 10:35-11:50) A C F
3141x Major English Texts (Ellsberg TR 10:35-11:50) A F
3158x Medieval Literature (Weinstock TR 1:10-2:25) A H
3159x Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton W 11-12:50) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Platt W 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin T 4:10-6) A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Guibbory W 4:10-6) A H
3163x Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167x Milton (Guibbory TR 11-12:15) A B F
3180x American Literature 1800-1870 (Vandenberg TR 4:10-5:25) G
3181x American Literature, 1871-1945 (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3183x American Literature since 1945 (Spiegel TR 5:40-6:55) C G
3184x House & Home in American Culture (Kassanoff TR 2:40-3:55) G
3190x Global Literature in English (Abu-Manneh TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3195x Modernism (Vandenburg TR 1:10-2:25) H
3198x Poetry Movements since the 1950s (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B G
3201x Intro to Film and Film Theory (Regan M 6-10) D
3997x Sec. 1 Violent Thought (R. Hamilton W 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 2 Body and Language (Jaanus R 6:10-8) H
Sec. 3 Lit of the Middle Passage (Phillips T 11-12:50) C H
Sec. 4 Slavery: A Woman's Experience (Prettyman M 2:10-4) C G
Sec. 5 Victorian to Modern (Plotkin W 4:10-6) H
Sec. 6 Renaissance Love Poetry (Guibbory T 4:10-6) A B F


SPRING 2004
3140y Sec. 1 Madness and Lit (Weinstock MW 1:10-2:25) H
Sec. 2 Christians & Jews in 17th-c Lit (Guibbory TR 2:40-3:55) A H
Sec. 3 Topics in Lit & Film (Hamilton/Schulze TR 4:10-5:25) D H
Sec. 4 Am Lit & Film (McKenna T 6:10-10) D G
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg MW 11-12:15) F
3143y Middle Fictions: Novellas (Gordon TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3144y (ENWS) US Minority Women Writers (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G
3149y Colonial Cultures: Palestine/Israel (Abu-Manneh MW 4:10-5:25) H
3155y Canterbury Tales (Szell TR 1:10-2:25) A B F
3160y Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (Hamilton W 11-12:50) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Szell R 4:10-6) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin W 4:10-6) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3165y Elizabethan Renaissance (Prescott TR 1:10-2:25) A F
3166y 17th-Century Poetry & Prose (Guibbory TR 11-12:15) A F
3178y Victorian Poetry and Criticism (Plotkin TR 11-12:15)
B F
3180y American Literature 1800-1870 (Vandenberg TR 4:10-5:25) G
3182y American Fiction (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3185y Mod Brit & American Poetry (Ellsberg MW 2:40-3:55) B
3188y Modern Novel (Vandenberg TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3199y Poetics (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B H
3810y Lit Approaches to Bible (Ellsberg (M 11-12:50) A H
3998y Sec. 1 Family in American Literature (Kassanoff W 11-12:50) C G
Sec. 2 Man in Crowd/Woman on Street (Spiegel R 4:10-6) C
Sec. 3 Medieval Romance (Weinstock M 11-12:50) A C H
Sec. 4 Victorian & Mod Am Drama (Denison M 11-12:50) D H
Sec. 5 Harlem in Literature (Gerzina T 12-1:50) G
Sec. 6 Conrad, Eliot, Woolf (Brown W 4:10-6) C F
3139y (ENTH) Modern American Drama (Denison T 11-12:50) D G
3140y (ENTH) Women in Theatre (Cobrin R 11-12:50) D G

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Barnard Courses 2003-2004

FALL 2003
3140x Sec. 1 Explorations Black Lit (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G
Sec. 2 Poetry Movements (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B G
Sec. 3 20th-c Black Men (Miller TR 2:40-3:55) G
Sec. 4 Renaissance Women (Prescott TR 11-12:15) A H
Sec. 5 Intro to Film Theory (Kane M 6:10-10) D H
Sec. 6 China in the English Imagination (Yang TR 2:40-3:55) A F
3141x Major English Texts (Ellsberg TR 2:40-3:55) A F
3158x Medieval Literature (Szell TR 1:10-2:25) A H
3159x Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton W 11-12:50) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Prescott W 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin T 4:10-6) A H
3163x Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3178x Victorian Poetry and criticism (Sharpe TR 11-12:15)
B F
3179x American Lit to 1800 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) A G
3181x American Literature, 1871-1945 (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3183x American Literature since 1945 (Miller TR 9:10-10:25) C G
3184x House & Home in American Culture (Kassanoff TR 2:40-3:55) G
3185x Modern British & American Poetry (Sharpe TR 1:10-2:25) B H
3194x Literary Theory (Plotkin TR 5:40-6:55) H
3195x Modernism (Vandenburg TR 1:10-2:25) H
3196x Harlem Renaissance (Miller TR 2:40-3:55) G
3997x Sec. 1 Violent Thought (R. Hamilton W 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 2 Victorian & Modern Drama (Denison M 11-12:50) D H
Sec. 3 Body and Language (Jaanus T 2:10-4) H
Sec. 4 19th-c American Women Writers (Gordis M 2:10-4) G
Sec. 5 Postcolonial Lit (Phillips T 2:10-4) C H
Sec. 6 Medieval Romance (Weinstock R 2:10-4) A B H


SPRING 2004
3144y U.S. Minority Women Writers (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G
3155y Canterbury Tales (Weinstock TR 1:10-2:25) A B F
3160y Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (Basker W 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (R. Hamilton W 2:10-4) A H
Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin W 4:10-6) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167y Milton (Prescott TR 11-12:15) A B F
3169y Renaissance Drama (Platt MW 1:10-2:25) A D F
3173y English Lit, 1660-1740 (Yang TR 10:35-11:50) A F
3176y The Romantic Era (R. Hamilton TR 10:35-11:50) B H
3180y American Literature 1800-1870 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) G
3182y American Fiction (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3188y Modern Novel (Vandenberg TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3190y Global Literature (Mehta TR 9:10-10:25) H
3140y Sec. 1 Madness and Lit (Weinstock MW 1:10-2:25) H
Sec. 2 Poetics (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B H
Sec. 3 War and Lit (Brown TR 4:10-5:25) H
Sec. 4 Contemporary Irish (Doyle TW 11-12:15) C F
Sec. 5 Enchanted Imagination (Pagano TR 4:10-5:25) H
Sec. 6 Topics in Am Lit & Film: Horror (McKenna T 6-10) G
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg MW 4:10-5:25) F
3810y Lit Approaches to Bible (Ellsberg (M 11-12:50) A H
3998y Sec. 1 Troilus and Cressida (Szell T 11-12:50) A H
Sec. 2 City in Literature (Sharpe T 11-12:50) G
G
Sec. 3 Black Stereotypes (Miller R 6:10-8) C G
C G
Sec. 4 Family in American Literature (Kassanoff W 11-12:50) C G
Sec. 5 American Film (Spiegel R 4:10-6) D G
Sec. 6 Late Shakespeare (Platt TBA) A D F
3137y (ENTH) Restoration & 18th-c Drama (Denison W 11-12:50) A D F
3140y (ENTH) Women in Theatre (Cobrin R 11-12:50) D G

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Barnard Courses 2002-2003

3155x
Canterbury Tales A B F 3158y
Medieval Literature A H
3163x Shakespeare A D F 3164y Shakespeare A D F
3166x
17th-c Prose & Poetry A F 3165y The English Renaissance A F
3171x
The Novel C H 3167y Milton A B F
3173x 18th-c Literature A F 3176y
The Romantic Era B F
3178x
Victorian Poetry and criticism — 3260y Victorian Literature C F
3179x
American Lit to 1800 A G 3180y American Literature 1800-1870 G
3181x
American Literature, 1871-1945 C G 3144y Minority Women U.S. Writers G
3183x
American Literature since 1945 C G 3182y American Fiction C G
3184x
House & Home in American Culture G 3188y Modern Novel C
3185x
Modern British & American Poetry B 3190y
Global Literature H
3195x
Modernism — 3140y 1. Intro to Film & Film Theory D
3140x 1. Enchanted Imagination 2. Renaissance Women Writers A H
2. Explorations Black Lit G 3. Middle Fictions C H
3. Poetry Movements B G 4. Poetics B
4. 20th-c Black Men G 5. 18th-c Gothic A C F
5. Madness in Literature H 3141y Major English Texts F
3141x Major English Texts F 3194y History of Criticism H
3810x EN-REL Lit Approaches to Bible A H 3998y 1. Troilus and Cressida A H
3997x 1. Poetry of Desire A H 2. Victorian and Modern Drama D H
2. Slavery in English Lit A F 3. Black Stereotypes C G
3. Body and Language H 4. Family in American Literature C G
4. 19th-c American Women Writers G 5. American Film C G
5. Postcolonial Lit C H 6. Jewish-American Literature C G
6. Modernism

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Barnard Courses 2001-2002

3155x Canterbury Tales A B F 3164y Shakespeare A D F
3163x Shakespeare A D F 3167y Milton A B F
3166x 17th-c Prose & Poetry A F 3169y Renaissance Drama A D F
3176x The Romantic Era 3137y Restoration & 18 c Drama A D F
3178x
Victorian Poetry and criticism B E F 3180y American Lit 1800-1870 G
3181x
American Literature, 1871-1945 C G 3144y Minority Women U.S. Writers G
3183x
American Literature since 1945 C G 3182y American Fiction C G
3194x Postmodern Texts & Theory E H 3184y House & Home in Am Culture G
3195x Modernism — 3185y Mod Brit & Am Poetry B
3140x 1. Enchanted Imagination — 3188y Modern Novel C F
2. Explorations Black Lit G 3140y 1. Intro to Film & Film Theory D E
3. Poetry Movements B G 2. Ren Women Writers A H
3141x Major English Texts F 3. Just Friends--and Siblings H
3997x 1. Romantic Love H S 4. Imaging Black Men, 20th-c G
2. Victorian & Modern Drama D H S 5. Explorations of Black Lit G
3. Body and Language E H S 3141y Major English Texts F
4. Black Stereotype G S 3998y 1. Medieval A F S
5. Postcolonial Lit C H S 2. Late Shakespeare A D F S
6. 20th-c Jewish-Am Experience G S 3. Poetics B E S
4. Family in American Lit C G S
5. The Man in the Crowd C S
6. City in Literature C G S

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