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ENGL 147A - American Fiction, 1950-Present

Semester Hours: 3
Periodically

This course explores how fiction since WWII engages the complex cultural challenges structuring the Cold War and post-Cold War periods, such as: the rise of neoliberalism, increasing globalization, identity formation, and the climate crisis. Assigned writers may include Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellision, Joyce Carol Oates, and Octavia Butler.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
WSC 001  or WSC 002 .




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