ENGL 291
The American Novel Since 1945
Spring 2008
Topics
- Introductions
- Richard Wright, Black Boy
- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.)
- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
- Guest Lecture by Andrew Goldstone
- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (cont.)
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.)
- J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
- John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse
- Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
- Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
- Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
- Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
- Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (cont.)
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
- Philip Roth, The Human Stain
- Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
- Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
- Edward P. Jones, The Known World
- Edward P. Jones, The Known World (cont.)
- Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
- Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (cont.)
- Review for Final Exam
- Final Exam
Readings
- Richard Wright, Black Boy (American Hunger) (Harper Perennial Restored edition, 1993) 1945
- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 1949
- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (Vintage) 1955
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road (Penguin) 1957
- J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey (Little, Brown) 1961
- John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse (Anchor) 1963-68 (selections)
- Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 (HarperCollins) 1967
- Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (Knopf) 1970
- Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior (Vintage) 1976 (selections)
- Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (Picador) 1980
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (Vintage) 1985
- Philip Roth, The Human Stain (Houghton Mifflin) 2000
- Edward P. Jones, The Known World (Amistad) 2003
- Students' Choice Novel for Spring, 2008: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (Houghton-Mifflin) 2002
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical Open Yale Courses
- Historical Open Yale Courses offering. Texts and lecture titles are reproduced as bibliographic and topic information; reading requirements vary by the linked syllabus.