ENG 238 - Studies In Modern And Contemporary Literature

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University of Rochester

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This course will explore prose works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries that push the limits of what a novel or short story can do. We will study the development of magical realism, the grotesque, and the carnivalesque – literary modes that use chaos, satire, and a focus on the body to challenge the assumptions of realism. We will see what modernity becomes in the hands of hustlers, carnies, and itinerants. Our readings will include work by Djuna Barnes, Flannery O’Connor, Angela Carter, Italo Calvino, Jeanette Winterson, and W. G. Sebald. Applicable English Cluster: H1ENG008

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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