English 368: Modern American Fiction

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FINAL EXAM: December 17th, 11:30-2:30, W01-0052.

Week 14: Z.N. Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.  Q&C #7 due.

Week 13: Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.  Q&C #6 due.

Weeks 11-12: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.  Q&C #5 due.

Week 10: Willa Cather's A Lost Lady.  Q&C #4 due.

Week 9: Review & Exam.

Weeks 7-8: Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.  Paper #1 & Q&C #3 due.

Weeks 5-6: Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" & The Awakening.  Post Q&C # 2.

Weeks 2-4: Henry James's The Portrait of A Lady.  Post Q&C by Monday, 9/24 at the latest.

A study of significant works of American fiction written in the first half of the 20th century.  Major American modernists -- James, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Hurston and others -- will be discussed.  Such writers define the "American century" and demonstrate the sustained achievement of modern American fiction.