ENG 543 - The 20th Century American Novel

Catalog Year 2011-2012

This course studies the development of the American novel from its beginnings in the
Realism, Naturalism, and early Modernism of the turn of the century to contemporary
Postmodernism, exploring how novelists create worlds both thematically and artistically in
their fictions and how those created worlds reflect the intellectual and cultural concerns of
their times.

PREREQ: Graduate standing
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3