Contesting American History: Fiction After 1967
ENGL 343
Fall 2010
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 343 |
The American novel of the late 1960s onward is preoccupied with history and the American past. Indeed, this obsession with history is central to what critics mean when they talk about postmodernism. This course will explore the theories of history fostered by novelists over the past four decades. What visions of American history do these novels construct and contest? How, if at all, do they change our notion of what counts as history? This course will try to understand what is at stake in the turn to history, how it shapes our understanding of the past, and what claims for and against fiction it makes. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Don DeLillo, LIBRA
Phillip Roth, AMERICAN PASTORAL
Simon Schama, DEAD CERTAINTIES
Norman Mailer, THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT
Edward P. Jones, THE KNOWN WORLD
Toni Morrison, BELOVED
Michael Ondaatje, COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short and one longer essay plus regular ungraded inquiry papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is open to majors and non-majors excluding first-year students. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M...F. 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: SCIE109; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 8 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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