ENGL 2310 - Contemp Literature

Arts & Sciences
Previous Course Number: ACOM 250

This course surveys the short stories and novels of recent American and Canadian authors who have achieved prominence in the art of narrative fiction. These authors include Denis Johnson, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Joan Didion, Amy Tan, Alice Walker, Raymond Carver, and others. Study of the authors’ works is supplemented by critical commentaries, recordings of authors reading their works, and dramatizations in video.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100,ENGL 1105