LTWR 214 The Invented Self in 20th and 21st Century U.S. Fiction
Looks at U.S. writers as authors of themselves and creators of their own personae in 20th and 21st-century U.S. fiction. Examines both the literary and societal implications of such self-fabrications in works by writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Ellison, Nella Larsen, Patricia Highsmith, Chuck Palahniuk, Cristina Garcia, Yaa Gyasi, Elaine Castillo, Vanessa Hua, Stephanie Powell Watts, Fatima Farheen Mirza, and Cristina Henríquez.
Course Type
ALA