English 244 - THE NOVEL NOW

Representative works of recent fiction, chosen from across the English-speaking world with an eye to suggesting the range, variety and possibilities of the contemporary novel. Readings vary from year to year, but likely suspects include Salman Rushdie, Nadine Gordimer, Philip Roth, J. M. Coetzee, Toni Morrison, Pat Barker, Michael Ondaatje, Alice Munro, Don DeLillo, Peter Carey and Cormac McCarthy, along with a selection of younger figures.