Contemporary British and American Fiction
ENGL 213
Fall 2012
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This course will introduce students to some of the most influential British and American novels written after 1945. In addition to close readings of these challenging and rewarding texts, this course will introduce students to key terms in postwar literary history such as modernism, postmodernism, romance, postcolonialism, realism, and magical realism. Central to our investigation of Anglo-American fiction will be the divergent political and economic fortunes of the U.S. on the one hand and the United Kingdom on the other. |
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| 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: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Lucky Jim, Amis
Play it as it Lays, Didion
White Noise, DeLillo
Midnight's Children, Rushdie
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Saunders
Never Let me Go, Ishiguro
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 short papers and a final exam |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the American Lit and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: FISK302; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 50 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 50 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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