ENGL 20614 - Twentieth-Century American Fiction

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

In this course we will study the interconnections among six of our best fiction writers from the 20th century. Although these six authors could erroneously be divided along the lines of gender and race, as well as by periods (roughly pre- and post-World War II), the sometimes painful connections among these various authors and these texts in particular reveal the dynamic aesthetic and moral development of American fiction from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to Morrison's Jazz. Texts: Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, "The Jazz Age"; Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises, The Garden of Eden; William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury; Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God; Alice Walker, The Color Purple; Toni Morrison, Sula, Jazz.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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