76-347 American Literary and Cultural Studies: American Fiction Units: 9.0 Department: English Prerequisites: 76-101 Related URLs: http://hss.cmu.edu/HTML/departments/engl Topics will vary by semester. Consult the course descriptions provided by the Department each semester for current offerings. EXAMPLE: Fall 2006 American Fiction. American women, American writers. In this course we will examine novels written by some of the greatest novelists and short story writers of early 20th century. They range from the haunting beauty of the stories of the Southwest by Willa Cather and Katherine Anne Porter, to the controversial Southern stories of Kate Chopin, and the inspiring memoir of Eudora Welty. We will also look at the women who confronted urban issues like immigration and labor strife, including Harriet Arnow and Mary Heaton Vorse, in their novels The Dollmaker and Strike! Throughout the course we will think about what it means to call something "American literature" and the categories of "author" vs. "woman author." We will also consult essays and ideas found in Feminist Theory, using readings drawn from a popular reader in Feminist Literary Theory.

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