The Beautiful and the Damned: F. Scott Fitzgerald and
the Jazz Age
OSHER 465-001
Dates: Wednesdays, 9/25/2013 – 11/6/2013, no class 10/16/13
Times: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Commander’s House, Fort Douglas
Instructor: Robert C. Steensma [email protected]
3127 South 2850 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84109-2805
(801) 466-5469
Course Overview
Schedule
September 25
Introduction to the course. Lecture on
Fitzgerald’s life and the 1920’s and
1930’s in America
October 2
Discussion of This Side of Paradise
October 9
Discussion of The Beautiful and Damned
October 16
NO CLASS
October 23
Discussion of The Great Gatsby
October 30
Discussion of Tender Is the Night
November 6
Discussion of stories from Babylon
Revisited and Other Stories:
"The Ice Palace"
"May Day"
"The Diamond as Big As the Ritz"
"Winter Dreams"
"The Rich Boy"
"Babylon Revisited"
Summary lecture
[over]
Texts:
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories. New York:
Scribner, 1996.
The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Scribner,
1996.
The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1996.
Tender Is the Night. New York: Scribner, 1995.
This Side of Paradise. New York: Scribner, 1995.