Postwar British Novel: 1945 - 2005
ENGL 224
Spring 2008
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01
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This course will explore British fiction after the Second World War, examining what British literature means when England is suddenly (what E. M. Forster called) a "shrinking island." What kind of novel is written in this post-period (postwar, postmodernist, postcolonial, postfeminist, posthuman)? What characterizes and drives this fiction and what earlier genres does it attempt to incorporate? How does the postwar novel create a new version of literary realism and how does it reflect or fail to reflect the reality of our current lived experience? |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
The following authors will be represented: Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis, Graham Greene, Muriel Spark, David Lodge, Jean Rhys, Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, Helen Fielding, Ian McEwan, J. K. Rowling, Zadie Smith.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Midterm, final exam and paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a reading intensive course - many excellent novels. |
| Instructor(s): Quigley,Megan Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: BTFDA414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 10 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 10 | FR: 0 |
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