Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SURVEY OF AMERICAN FICTION 1910-1940 ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 1 ***** Survey of American Fiction 1910-1940: The first half of the twentieth century was one of great social turmoil and intense artistic experimentation. We will read novels and stories by Kate Chopin, Ernest Hemingway, Jean Toomer, Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Zora Hurston, and Djuna Barnes to explore how these writers both represented their era and greatly influenced literary creativity in the second half of the century. Three essays (7-10 pages each) and several short (1 page or less) assignments will be required.