ENGL 291 - The American Novel Since 1945
26 Lectures · Mar 30, 2008
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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]]
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Exams: *Final Exam
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Lecture 1 - Introductions
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Lecture 2 - Richard Wright, Black Boy
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Lecture 3 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
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Lecture 4 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.)
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Lecture 5 - Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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Lecture 6 - Guest Lecture by Andrew Goldstone
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Lecture 7 - Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (cont.)
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Lecture 8 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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Lecture 9 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.)
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Lecture 10 - J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
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Lecture 11 - John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse
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Lecture 12 - Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
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Lecture 13 - Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
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Lecture 14 - Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
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Lecture 15 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
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Lecture 16 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (cont.
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Lecture 17 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
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Lecture 18 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
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Lecture 19 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain
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Lecture 20 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
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Lecture 21 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
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Lecture 22 - Edward P. Jones, The Known World
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Lecture 23 - Edward P. Jones, The Known World (cont.)
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Lecture 24 - Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illumin...
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Lecture 25 - Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illumin...
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Lecture 26 - Review for Final Exam
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