LIT085 CM - Contemporary American Fiction

This class will explore major American novels and short fiction since 1945. We will examine the work of various authors in terms of their art and personal vision as well as their relation to particular literary movements and social and political circumstances. Texts will include Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse, Don Delillo’s White Noise, Jessica Hagendorn’s Dogeaters, Sandra Cisnero’s Women Hollering Creek, Marilyn Robinson’s Housekeeping, Leslie Marmon’s Silk’s Ceremony, among others.

Offered: Occasionally

Credit: 1

Course Number: LIT 085 CM