We will read and discuss an assortment of novels and short stories written by American authors in the first half of the twentieth century. Students will be expected to do the reading, attend class regularly, and be ready to write short in-class essays throughout the quarter. Grades will be based on the series of in-class essays--written in answer to questions handed out in advance--and on participation in class-discussion.

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; Sinclair Lewis, ELMER GANTRY; Richard Wright, UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN; and F. Scott Fitzgerald, BABYLON REVISITED AND OTHER STORIES.