ENGL 251

Fall 2013 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 26-Dec 11

The American Novel Since 1914

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Credit: 3 hours.

Critical study of selected American novels from 1914 to the present.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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ENGL 251 class schedule data for fall 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32306	Lecture-Discussion	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Ivy, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course. Section Info: In this course we will read a range of American novels published over the last hundred years and in doing so we will develop an understanding of the history of the American novel as a literary, cultural, and commercial phenomenon. As we build up a precise vocabulary for talking about content and form we will also engage with the flexible concept of ?novelistic discourse.? Ultimately, you should become familiar not just with particular novels but with the broader outlines of literary modernism and postmodernism and with key debates about the art and politics of novel-writing. Our novels will be tied together thematically by a variety of shared interests: nature and culture; travel and migration; geographical and social space; national identity; history and memory; crime and punishment; structures of family and community; intergenerational dynamics; and of course narrative and storytelling. You should expect to read each novel carefully and critically, and to encounter supplementary materials in the form of reviews, interviews, images, excerpts from other literary works, and/or critical essays. Requirements include spirited participation in class discussions, regular short reading responses, two formal essays, a midterm, and a final.