ENGL 357(F) Contemporary American Fiction

A study of recent American fiction since World War II. The main topic will be the shift from late modern to postmodern narration. We shall read Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, Toni Morrison's Beloved, and four or five other novels by such writers as Philip Roth, Ishmael Reed, Donald Barthelme, Don DeLillo, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Joseph Heller. Requirements: class participation, a 4- to 6-page paper, a 6- to 8-page paper, and a final exam. Prerequisite: English 101. Enrollment limited to 30.

Hour: LIMON