LITERATURE 82 - American Modernism

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Claremont McKenna College

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Farrell The great innovations of American literature in the early 20th century were accomplished in large part by a rebellious group of young writers in European exile, determined to free themselves from the limited outlook of American culture and achieve the renewal of life in art. This course will examine the theory and practice of Modernism or "making it new," and some of the "LosGeneration" which followed in its wake. Authors will include Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Djuna Barnes, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Offered occasionally. 83. 20th-Century American Short Story. Faggen Reading "a national art form" as a record of literaryand social development. Authors include Hemingway, Faulkner, Anderson, Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Porter, Williams, Welty, Schwartz, Salinger, and Pancake. Offered occasionally.

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1.50

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Lecture

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www.claremontmckenna.edu/

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(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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