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ENGL 206 The Great American Cornell Novel
Spring 2008. 4 credits. (also AMST 219)
Some of the best fiction of the last fifty years was written by people who were students or faculty and Cornell. In this course we will read and discuss novels and short stories by some, but regrettably not all, of the following: A. Manette Ansay, Paul Cody, Susan Choi, Junot Díaz, Richard Fariña, Lamar Herrin, Alison Lurie, Dan McCall, Maureen McCoy, Lorrie Moore, Robert Morgan, J. Robert Lennon, Toni Morrison, Vladimir Nabokov, Stewart O'Nan, Julie Orringer, Thomas Pynchon, Ernesto Quiñones, Stephanie Vaughn, Helena Maria Viramontes, and Kurt Vonnegut. Lecture-discussion format, with some guest appearances. Students may also be required to attend some readings outside of class periods.
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