ENGL-323

Across a variety of genres, contemporary American writers extend, revise, argue with, enrich, question, and honor the literary traditions, themes, and structures established by their foremothers and forefathers. Drawing its readings from the past thirty-five years, this course may focus on multiculturalism, postmodernism, or some combination of those overlapping strains, and will typically consider the questions contemporary authors raise about language, culture, gender, race, ethnicity, and the very idea of literature itself.