ENGL 3016 - American Fiction 1910-1960

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University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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Description:

The purpose of this course is to survey American fiction writers from approximately 1910 to 1960: readings include novels and short fiction of the period. The course explores varieties of experimentation with literary form, race and politics depicted through artistic primitivism, regionalism in American fiction as a way of preserving unique cultures within the post-Civil War integrated nation, the cultural impact of expatriation upon American fiction writers, and shifts in attitudes toward gender and sexuality in the 20th century. Students evaluate and produce written and oral responses to authors assigned in the course, including Stein, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Barnes, Cather, Wright, O'Connor, and others. Theoretical and critical studies are introduced to the students as a foundation for understanding aspects of fictional production as part of the modernist movement in America, including the modernist investment in narrative originality, the literary politics of rupture from history, and the perceived crisis in the arts related to WWI and the period between the wars.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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