The American Novel Since 1945

Yale UniversityUnited StatesENGL 291
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2008English

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In "The American Novel Since 1945" students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period, focusing on the relationship between writers and readers, the conditions of publishing, innovations in the novel's form, fiction's engagement with history, and the changing place of literature in American culture.

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