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ENGL 226 – Contemporary American Novels (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 101-102. Representative writers of post-World War II America, focusing on the ways that novels reflect contemporary society. Selected writers include Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, John Updike, Eudora Welty, John O’Hara, Truman Capote, Philip Roth and others. NOTE: May be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of required literature courses.