English 166
Special Topics: Readings for Fiction Writers
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
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| 2 | Spring 2013 | Mukherjee, Bharati
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TTh 12:30-2 | 220 Wheeler |
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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