ACOM 250 - Contemporary Literature

This course surveys the short stories and novels of recent American and Canadian authors who have achieved prominence in the art of narrative fiction. 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.

3 credits

Prerequisite: Writing Essentials or successful placement into English Composition