Frontiers American Literature

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This course will explore the frontiers of American literature, meaning groundbreaking works in American writing, progressive and iconoclast works, as well as works which involve encounters with an historical or metaphorical American frontier. Readings can range from colonial to contemporary times, and will include a diverse range of authors and works unbound by genre or era. Authors studied could include but are not limited to William Gibson, Amy Tan, Olaudah Equiano, Emily Dickinson, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Alan Ginsberg, Frank Norris, Jack London, Charles Bukowski, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kurt Vonnegut, et al.