ENG 144 - Contemporary Literature

Semester Hours: 4

In Contemporary Literature, students will read a sample of fiction and literary non-fiction, short stories and poetry. This work will be recent–written in the past 30 years and most of it within the past decade. Some authors will be familiar, if not renowned; others will be relatively unknown. Class discussion and assignments will address issues of popularity (what kind of features draw readers who read for enjoyment?) and of craft (what are these writers trying to accomplish, and how well do they do it?).

Intellectual Perspective: HC