American Fiction

(4 Credits)

Readings in 20th-century American fiction and nonfiction prose, with emphasis on the theory of fictionaReadings in 20th-century American fiction and nonfiction prose, with emphasis on the theory of fictional genres, literary innovation, stylistic experimentation, and recurrent themes in the modern novel; Dreiser, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Cather, Steinbeck, Lewis, and Wolfe.