American Literature: 1940 to Present

Areas of special interest may include Beat writers (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder); the Vietnam War (Tim O’Brien); black American writing (Alice Walker). Examples of other writers covered include Sylvia Plath, W.S. Merwin, Daniel Berrigan, Flannery O’Connor, Lois Ann Yamanaka. Offered alternate years.