Syllabus
The explosion of American writing after 1950
The course will provide the students with basic orientation in the various streams of postwar prose and poetry, from the confessional mainstream novel through the Beats to experimental prose and postmodern writing. The diversity of styles in this period corresponds to the increasingly complex picture of the American society and reflects its complexity. Listed are the authors samples of whose writing will be read in the class.
Introduction
James Baldwin
Vladimir Nabokov
J. D. Salinger
Beat Movement
Ken Kesey
Saul Bellow
Philip Roth
John Updike
Joyce Carol Oates
Tony Morrison
John Irving
Tom Robbins
Annotation
This course, conducted in English, will introduce the students to the period of American writing that saw an explosion of various approaches to fiction and poetry, reflecting dramatic changes in American society. Basic orientation in the various streams of postwar writing, from the confessional mainstream novel through the Beats to experimental prose and postmodern writing.
The diversity of styles in this period corresponds to the increasingly complex picture of the American society and reflects its complexity.