English 132

Book List

DeLillo, Don: White Noise; Faulkner, William: Absalom, Absalom!; Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby; Hurston, Zora Neale: Their Eyes Were Watching God; James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady; Morrison, Toni: Jazz; Pynchon, Thomas: The Crying of Lot 49; West, Nathanael: Miss Lonelyhearts and the Day of the Locust

Description

This course will explore eight major American novels.  There will be two papers, a midterm, and a final exam.

Note:  The instructor (and book list and course description) of this course changed in June.  There has been no change in the meeting time or location, however.