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Spring 2013 English BC3183 section 001 AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945 | |
| Call Number | 00217 |
| Day & Time Location |
MW 10:10am-11:25am 405 Milbank Hall (Barnard) |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Monica L Miller |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Course Description | SPRING 2014 In the wake of World War II, the so-called American Century rises out of the ashes of fascism, haunted by the specter of bombs rendering victory and defeat indistinguishable. Unable to tolerate this postmodern condition, the United States plunges into an ideological civil war that is waged most dramatically in its literature since 1945. Authors include O'Connor, Ellison, Ginsberg, Doctorow, Nabokov, Pynchon, Robinson, Hejinian, Waldrop, Hass, Morrison, and DeLillo. SPRING 2013 American fiction, literary and cultural criticism since 1945. Topics include: the authorial and critical search for the great contemporary American novel, the particularity of "American" characters, genres, aesthetics, subjects, the effect of these debates on canon formation and the literary marketplace. Authors may include: Bellow, Ellison, Nabokov, Kerouac, Didion, Pynchon, Morrison, and Lahiri. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | English @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 94 students (100 max) as of 11:19PM Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| Subject | English |
| Number | BC3183 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Open To | Barnard, Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science |
| Campus | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20131ENGL3183X001 |
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