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21L.501 The American Novel | Literature

This course explores the metaphorical, historical, social, and psychological value of ghosts in the American novel. Using the theme of "haunting" as a flashpoint for class discussion and a thematic center for our readerly attention, this course examines the American novel in the context of the various histories which might be said to haunt fictional characters in the American novel, to haunt the American novel itself, and ultimately to haunt us: America's colonial past, its slave past, and other memorable and painful chapters in its past.

Keywords:: American History, william Faulkner, maxine hong Kingston, Criticism, louise erdrich, nathaniel hawthorne, edward p. jones, toni Morrison, harriet beecher stowe, philip roth, Fiction, henry james, cormac mccarthy

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Humanities / English / Literature

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 4, 2022
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

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