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Academic Year 2001/2002

Making History in the Contemporary American Novel
ENGL 293 SP

Despite the threat to history that some critics see lurking in postmodernism, much recent American fiction is preoccupied with the past. This course will explore the different kinds of historicism fostered by contemporary novelists. What visions of American history do these novels construct and contest? How, if at all, do they change our notion of what counts as history? This course will try to understand what is at stake in the turn to history and how it shapes our understanding of the postmodern

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally   

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: FISK210

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 4   Jr. major: 4

SR. non-major: 4   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 8   FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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