New British Fiction

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course will consider contemporary British and Irish fiction, focusing especially on fiction of the last five years. We will be concerned in particular with the following questions: what is the role of experimentation in the literature of this period? How does recent fiction think about sexuality and sexual identity? About racial, ethnic, and national identity? What relationship is there between the recent evolution of British fiction and pressing contemporary political issues? Credit will be granted for only one of ENGL 218 or ENGL 350. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 111 or equivalent. Three credits.