ENGL 217
Spring 2025
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01
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This course explores American fiction of the last fifteen years. 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: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Carmen Maria Machado, HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES
Ocean Vuong, ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS
Lydia Millet, THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE
Colson Whitehead, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Ben Lerner, THE TOPEKA SCHOOL
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Examinations and Assignments:
4 short inquiry papers and one final essay/project/oral exam |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: LH3; AL, elective.
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| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: FISK404; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 4 | FR: 4 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 20 | 1st Ranked: 6 | 2nd Ranked: 7 | 3rd Ranked: 6 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 0 |
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