This document summarizes a class discussion on Willa Cather's novel My Ántonia. It provides context on the time period and immigrant experience in America. It discusses the style of realism used in the novel and Cather's use of imagery and symbols. The class then analyzes the novel through the lenses of various modernist manifestos, including those by Mina Loy, Langston Hughes, and Willa Cather herself. Students are assigned homework to read more of the novel and respond to a prompt analyzing what they've read.