ENG 337 - Contemporary American Literature

Institution:

Gustavus Adolphus College

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This course examines a selection of poetry, prose, and drama written during the past three decades. We also will engage questions of acceptance into the academic literary canon, the influence of publishing and marketing trends on an author's success, the challenges of studying living authors in a college course (including a relative lack of critical secondary sources), and the effect of nonprint and electronic media on the study of literature. Possible authors include: John Barth, Carolyn Chute, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, Rita Dove, Louise Erdrich, Tony Kushner, Cormac McCarthy, David Mamet, Bobbie Ann Mason, Toni Morrison, Tim O'Brien, Adrienne Rich, Philip Roth, Sam Shepherd, Leslie Marmon Silko, John Updike, and John Edgar Wideman. Prerequisites: ENG-114, ENG-115 or ENG-116, ENG-121 or ENG-122. WRITD, Spring semester, even years.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.GUSTAVUS.EDU

Phone Number:

(507) 933-8000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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