This seminar examines fiction written by American women writers in the second part of the 20th century. Their fiction reflects the diversity inherent in the contemporary scene of cultural pluralism. We will examine their different racial ethnic and regional affiliation, as well elements they share as American and as Women.
TEXTS will include works Flannery O’Connor, Grace Paley, Alice Walker, Bharati Mukherjee, and Jamaica Kincaid.
REQUIREMENTS: class attendance and participation, short papers, referat or seminar paper.