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ENGL 24030 - Experimental Fiction After World War Ii

Course Credit: 1
(CMLT)
In medieval France, an army’s avant-garde unit took the lead, striking ahead into unfamiliar territory. It was dangerous but important work. Today’s avant-garde writers also take risks that deviate from familiar territory. Such writers may hazard alienation from the literary establishment, but the rewards of their experiments can open new possibilities for narrative. This course examines avant-garde novels, short stories, and hybrid texts produced after the end of World War II. Authors studied may include Julio Cortázar, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Philip K. Dick, Michael Ondaatje, Aimee Bender, and Laurent Binet. [AH]