Contemporary British and American Fiction
ENGL 213
Spring 2017
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This course will introduce students to some of the most influential British and American novels of the last 35 years. 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 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 U.K. 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: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Don DeLillo, White Noise
Graham Swift, Waterland
Toni Morrison, Beloved
Junot Diaz, Drown
Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the Goon Squad
Helen Oyemi, White is for Witching
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 short papers, a mid-term and a final exam. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 48 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 13 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 20 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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