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Academic Year 2000/2001
Recent American Fiction
ENGL 186 SP
This lecture course deals with a dozen novels. It seeks to illustrate the changes in American fiction, concerns and attitudes after World War II. The first half of the course addresses the hegemony of certain forms and
issues in novels written
primarily by white male authors between 1945 and 1960. The second half is devoted to diverse novels that embody and articulate some of the literary and social forces that have led to the heterogeneity of contemporary
fiction.
MAJOR READINGS
Jack Kerouac, ON THE ROAD John Barth, END OF THE ROAD John Updike, RABBIT RUN Ken Kesey, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Thomas Pynchon, THE CRYING OF LOT 49 Kurt Vonnegut, SLAUGHTER HOUSE FIVE Ursula Leguin,
THE DISPOSSESSED Robert Stone,
DOG SOLDIERS Alice Walker, MERIDIAN Tony Morrison, SONG OF SOLOMON Don DeLillo, WHITE NOISE Bharati Mukherjee, JASMINE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short papers and a longer final paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
The ability to read 250 pages a week carefully Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class
list. NOTE: Students must still
submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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