Contesting American History: Fiction After 1967
ENGL 343
Spring 2015
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 297 |
The American novel of the late 1960s onward is preoccupied with history and the American past. Indeed, this obsession with history is central to what critics mean when they talk about postmodernism. This course will explore the theories of history fostered by novelists over the past four decades. What visions of American history do these novels construct and contest? How, if at all, do they change our notion of what counts as history? This course will try to understand what is at stake in the turn to history, how it shapes our understanding of the past, and what claims for and against fiction it makes. |
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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 Major Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Norman Mailer, ARMIES OF THE NIGHT
Simon Schama, DEAD CERTAINTIES
Don DeLillo, LIBRA
Phillip Roth, AMERICAN PASTORAL
Michael Ondaatje, COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER
Edward P. Jones, THE KNOWN WORLD
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short and one long essay, multiple response papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is open to majors and non-majors. It contributes to the American Literature and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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