The "Secret Pittsburgh" Literature class invites University of Pittsburgh students to explore unusual or hidden spaces of the city, including "secret" spaces within well-known landmarks. Coursework requires them to explore connections among politics, environment, history, community, and written texts.  Students learn how to engage with a diverse range of texts and re-consider the cultural work "literature" can do in the world. Course readings include cultural theory, news articles, city guidebooks, promotional websites, archival letters, popular histories, stories, poems, plays, memoirs, and novels.

 

​This course has also produced a virtual guidebook, complete with an interactive map, student field guide entries, and visitor information.