Literature
Taylor Hagood, Ph.D., was the 2013–2014 Lifelong Learning Society Distinguished Professor of Arts and Letters and is Professor of American Literature at Florida Atlantic University. He received his Ph.D. in United States Literature and Culture from the University of Mississippi, where he was the Frances Bell McCool Fellow in Faulkner Studies. Professor Hagood has authored four books: “Faulkner’s Imperialism: Space, Place, and the Materiality of Myth”; “Secrecy, Magic, and the One-Act Plays of Harlem Renaissance Women Writers”; “Faulkner, Writer of Disability” (winner of the C. Hugh Holman Award for Best Book in Southern Studies); and “Following Faulkner: The Critical Response to Yoknapatawpha’s Architect.” In 2009–2010, he was a Fulbright Professor in the Amerika Institut at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and he was awarded the 2010–2011 Scholar of the Year Award at the Assistant Professor level.
The Twenties
A Deep Look into the Jazz Age
Following up on his series on La Belle Epoque and the Enlightenment, Professor Taylor Hagood focuses on the 1920s, with a focus on what light that decade sheds on the 2020s. A century later, does this present decade replicate or diverge from its counterpart? This course will seek to answer that question. Focus will be given to the history, literature, music, art, economics, politics, philosophy, and distinct culture of the era so often referred to as the Jazz Age. From the famous to the obscure, this course will explore the past in the present, the present in the past, while grappling with ongoing aspects of life.
Eight Lectures
- Introduction: History and Politics of the 20s - Coming off a pandemic and the Great War, the 1920s faced a striking political period, with a striking progression of U.S. presidents.
- 20s Activist Philosophy - From Albert Einstein to the Scopes Trial to women's suffragists, philosophers hewed close to science and politics of the era.
- 20s Gangster Economics - The economic boom of the era gave it the added nickname of "The Golden Twenties," but with Prohibition came an economy that was unique...and violent.
- 20s Literature, Modernist and Otherwise - It was the era of Gertrude Stein and the Modernists, but it was Sinclair Lewis--America's first Nobel Prize winner--whose writing seems most uncannily descriptive of our own moment.
- Filming the 20s - The era of Charlie Chaplin, Tallulah Bankhead, and D. W. Griffith--are those silent films remote and irrelevant now, or do they pantomime a world all too recognizable?
- 20s Music - The Jazz Age took its name from a distinct genre of music even as other musical strains continued and came into being and dissemination.
- Art and Architecture in the 20s - Georgia O'Keefe to Salvadore Dali to Pablo Picasso to Frank Lloyd Wright to Art Deco to Bauhaus...and what is art now?
- Homerun 20s! - The series concludes with a look at Babe Ruth and baseball as cultural touchstones that embody and distill the 20s - what dimensions of that decade got knocked into our present one?
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| Course # W8M3 — Full 8 Weeks
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Mondays, January 23, 30; February 6, 13, 20; March 13, 20, 27 2023 |
| Time: | 2:30 - 4 PM |
| Fee: | $130 / member; $165 / non-member |
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Great Books
The Progressivists
In this installment of the book club we will be reading the works of writers of the first wave of Progressivism. Part of a movement that raised questions about unethical business practices and dominant American culture, these writers engaged with the society of their moment with satire and deep insight. We will read a selection of these works.
Four Lectures
- The Age of Innocence - We start with Edith Wharton's sparkling depiction of New York City
- The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James's classic novel presents Americans grappling with newfound wealth on the world stage
- The Octopus - Frank Norris's powerful dramatization of conflicts between industrialism and agriculture
- Babbitt - This novel by Sinclair Lewis could have been written about our own moment
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| Course # W4F2 — Full 4 Weeks
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| Place: | Room 151 (Annex), Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Fridays, January 20, 27; February 3, 10 2023 |
| Time: | 1:30 - 3 PM |
| Fee: | $60 / member; $80 / non-member |
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Coffee and Conversation
Traveling Books
Reading and traveling—a great combination! One of the great aspects of travel is to read in connection with the places we visit. Join in this conversation on places you have traveled and the reading you have done in connection with it. The writings could be actual travel writing or books connected with a place, from Anne Rice’s New Orleans to Edith Wharton’s New York to Thomas Mann’s Venice to Charles Dickens’s London to Gerald Durrell’s Corfu.
Register early! This class is limited to 40 participants.
This small discussion class is to introduce prospective members to OLLI Jupiter.
Current members can register for the class, IF registering with a new prospective member that has not previously attended OLLI lectures and/ or courses. Current members are limited to registering for one Coffee & Conversation per semester.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Course # W1W1 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Room 151 (Annex), Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Wednesday, January 18 2023 |
| Time: | 2:30 - 4 PM |
| Fee: | $0 / member; $0 / non-member |
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Patsy Cline
A Life Story in Live Music
In this one-time live music and lecture event, Professor Taylor Hagood presents the life and music of cross-over singer, Patsy Cline. Possessed of one of the greatest voices in history, Patsy Cline brought all of its expressive power to bear in the pop music movement known as the Nashville Sound. Her life followed the classic American rags-to-riches trajectory. Professor Hagood tells her story, which includes personal connections, and brings her music to life in playing and singing.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Course # W1M4 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Monday, January 9 2023 |
| Time: | 7 - 8:30 PM |
| Fee: | $35 / member; $45 / non-member |
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