English 166

Special Topics: Readings for Fiction Writers

Section	Semester	Instructor	Time	Location	Course Areas
2	Spring 2013	Mukherjee, Bharati	TTh 12:30-2	220 Wheeler	World Literature Creative Writing Workshops Special Topics

Book List

Coetzee, J.M.: Disgrace; Danticat, Edwidge: The Dew Breaker; Diaz, Junot: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby; Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary; Forster, E.M.: Howards End; Mukherjee, Bharati: Jasmine; Smith, Zadie: White Teeth

Description

This course will focus on each novelist's invention of, or critique of, national identity myths in a time of national crisis. Students will explore the intimate connection between choice of narrative strategy and construction of meaning.

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English 166

Special Topics: Readings for Fiction Writers

Book List

Description

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