ENGL 251

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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 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40995	Lecture-Discussion	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	131 English Building	Hunt, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course. Section Info: Literary theorist Kenneth Burke defines literature as ?equipment for living.? We might ask, then, what equipment does the post-1914 American novel offer to navigate its defining life experience, the ebb and flow of US capitalism? How does it help us come to terms with the reason some populations accumulate more capital than others, the kinds of social relationships created by this disparity, and the forms of social organization we might want for our world? By probing these questions, this course will expose you to the diversity of the American novel over the past century, focusing in particular on the multiple iterations of literary modernism, realism, and postmodernism. Instead of reading these aesthetic categories as universal and fixed we will address how they change according to different social experiences and historical contexts. You will become skilled in examining the shifting overlaps of race, class, and gender. In short, you will be able to answer how novelistic practice lays bare the false and true promises of the ?American dream.? You should expect to close-read each novel and engage supplementary materials, like films and critical essays. Requirements include active participation in class discussions, group presentations, regular brief reading responses, two formal essays, an exam, and possible pop quizzes. Authors include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, John Steinbeck, Gwendolyn Brooks, Charles Wright, Tom�s Rivera, Don DeLillo, Ana Castillo, and Toni Morrison.