ENGL 572

Studies in American Literature: Special Topic

Units: 1.5

This year: Contemporary American Fiction and Religion

An examination of how contemporary American fiction has registered the Christian revival of the last five decades. Topics include multicultarlism, postmodernism, American history and imperialism, race, religion and cultural pluralism, theodicy, evolution and Intelligent Design. Authors include Robinson, Reed, Kingsolver, Atwood, Douglass, Roth, Brown, Sagan, McCarthy, Pynchon, Momaday, Anzaldúa, Doctorow.

Graduate course in the English program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.