LIT 076 CM - British Fiction of the 1980s

This study of contemporary British fiction will be divided into three parts. First, we will read works written during the 1980s that inhabit the realist tradition in various ways (Martin Amis’s Money, Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are Not the Only Fruit). Next, we will read works by Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Angela Carter, and J.M. Coetzee that experiment with the genre of historical fiction. Finally, we will examine some more recent works set during the 1980s, including Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty, David Peace’s GB84, and Colm Tóibín’s The Story of the Night. Students will write one long research paper in addition to several shorter papers.

Offered: Occasionally

Credit: 1

Course Number: LIT 076 CM