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In "The American Novel Since 1945" students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period, focusing on the relationship between writers and readers, the conditions of publishing, innovations in the novel's form, fiction's engagement with history, and the changing place of literature in American culture. The reading list includes works by Richard Wright, Flannery O'Connor, Vladimir Nabokov, Jack Kerouac, J. D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth and Edward P. Jones. The course concludes with a contemporary novel chosen by the students in the class.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/english/american-novel-since-1945]]
Course features at Open Yale courses page: *The American Novel Since 1945 *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey
Exams: *Final Exam
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Lecture 1 - Introductions
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Lecture 7 - Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (cont.)
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Lecture 20 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
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Lecture 23 - Edward P. Jones, The Known World (cont.)
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 2 - Richard Wright, Black Boy
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 6 - Guest Lecture by Andrew Goldstone
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 12 - Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 3 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 21 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 25 - Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illumin...
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 24 - Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illumin...
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 26 - Review for Final Exam
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 8 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 17 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 15 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 13 - Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 9 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.)
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 10 - J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 18 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 14 - Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 22 - Edward P. Jones, The Known World
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 19 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 5 - Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 16 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (cont.
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 4 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.)
Apr 8, 2011
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Lecture 11 - John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse
Apr 8, 2011
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