ENG 359 - Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature

3 credits
Advanced studies in American literature following the First World War, the time of the nation’s rise to status as a world power and the parallel ascendance of its literature. Topics may include realism and naturalism, modernist poetry, industrialization and increased economic class tensions, the emergence of regional and popular literatures, the modern novel, and postmodern literary and cultural developments. Authors may include Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Frost, Hemingway, Morrison, Olds, Plath, Pynchon, Rich, Steinbeck, and Walker.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151