ENGL 654 - Modern American Fiction

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This is a course in the study of significant works of American fiction written in the last century, mostly before WW II. The course discusses major American modernists, such as James, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Toomer, Faulkner, Hurston, as well as the critical and cultural contexts in which these works appeared. The focus is on the establishment of American fiction as a major literary form during an era of social flux, economic dislocation, and foreign wars.

Enrollment Requirements:
Pre-req = Graduate students in ENGL only

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