English 132

American Novel

Book List

Three Classic African American Novels; Cather, Willa: Sapphira and the Slave Girl; Ellison, Ralph: Invisible Man; Faulkner, William: The Sound and the Fury; Johnson, James Weldon: Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man; Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin; Twain, Mark: Pudd'n'head Wilson

Description

This course offers a survey of major American novels written in the years between the Civil War and the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement. Course requirements include two essays as well as midterm and final exams.

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