Recent American Fiction
ENGL 217
Fall 2019
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01
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This course explores American fiction of the 21st century. We will discuss the particular demands that contemporary texts place on their readers while developing a map of the styles and preoccupations that mark our own moment of literary production. |
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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: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
" Paul Beatty, THE SELLOUT
Carmen Maria Machado, HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES
Jesmyn Ward, SING, UNBURIED, SING
Lisa Ko, THE LEAVERS
Dana Spiotta, EAT THE DOCUMENT
Ottessa Moshfegh, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION"
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Examinations and Assignments:
TBA |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the American Literature and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK208; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 7 | FR: 0 |
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