After a brief comparative study of their short stories, the course will focus on selected novels by each author. Texts include: Pnin, Lolita, and Pale Fire by Nabokov; and, by Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49, and Gravity's Rainbow (to which a substantial portion of the latter part of the course will be devoted). Requirements: two 7- to 8-page papers and a final exam. Prerequisite: a 100-level English course, except 150. Enrollment limit: 25 (expected: 25). Not open to first- or second-year students. (Post-1900)