ENGL 4765

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ENGL 4765
The Twenty-First Century Novel

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

What innovations in form, style, genre, and subject matter have characterized the novel in the 21st century? What is the status of the novel in the wake of postmodernism, postcolonialism, poststructuralism, post-humanism, and the other posts of literary theory? Are we witnessing a blurring of theory and fiction? This course will explore a number of key developments and trends in the 21st century novel, such as the rise of genre fiction (fantasy, science fiction, the Western, the rock novel), speculative fiction, new historical realisms, comic/graphic novels, philosophical fiction, among others trends. Our writers may include Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, J.M. Coetzee, Percival Everett, Colson Whitehead, Toni Morrison, Ali Smith, Sally Rooney, Tom McCarthy, David Mitchell, and Jennifer Egan.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2023SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6332 ENGL 4765   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Anker, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6333 ENGL 4765   IND 601

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Anker, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies