The American Novel

Undergraduate credit

This course concerns the growth of the US novel from the early national period to the present. It investigates both what the US novel shares with other American-continental and Anglophone novel traditions as well as its unique responses to US historical and social conditions. Courses typically investigate major authors (Henry Melville, Edith Wharton, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner) alongside lesser-known and emerging writers.