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AP/EN 3323

American Literature: 21st Century

3.0 credits

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Contemporary American fiction and nonfiction
  • National identity, globalization and migration
  • Economic insecurity and environmental crisis
  • Digital culture, intimacy and family
  • Experimentation with narrative form and genre

Readings

  • Required: Emma Cline, The Guest (2023).
  • Required: Teju Cole, Open City (2011).
  • Required: Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (2018).
  • Required: Ling Ma, Severance (2018).
  • Required: Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties (2017).
  • Required: Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (2009).
  • Required: David Sedaris, Calypso (2018).
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