We'll read and discuss an assortment of novels and short stories by American authors writing in the first half of the twentieth cdntury. Students will be expected to attend class regularly, keep up with reading assignments, and take part in open discussion. Written work will consist of a number of brief in-class essays, done 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.
• Richard Wright. UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN.