We will read and discuss an assortment of novels and short stories by American authors writing in the first half of the twentieth century. Students will be expected to do the assignments, attend class regularly, and take part in class-discussions. Written work will consist of a series of in-class essays, written in response to study questions handed out in advance.

Texts: William Faulkner, GO DOWN, MOSES; Zora Neale Hurston, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD; Ernest Hemingway, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS; Sherwood Anderson, WINESBURG, OHIO; Eudora Welty, THIRTEEN STORIES BY EUDORA WELTY; John Steinbeck, THE LONG VALLEY; Sinclair Lewis, BABBITT; and Richard Wright, UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN