Discover a generation of authors likely to set literary trends well into the 21st century. Examine such literary issues as postmodernism and magical realism, and consider the controversies over multiculturalism and the nature of the literary canon. Through close reading and nuanced discussions, explore postmodernism in relation to modernism, intertextuality, pastiche, temporal displacement, and other literary themes.
Summer 2027 Readings:
Students should read Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad by Alice Oswald in the first class.
Continuing Education Units (CEU) : 0
Summer 2027 Readings:
- Alice Oswald, Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad (W. W. Norton, 2013)
- Percival Everett, James (Vintage, 2026)
- Elif Shafak, In One Brief Moment All Eternity (Knopf, 2027)
- Han Kang, We Do Not Part, trans. e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Hogarth, 2026)
- Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Your Absence Is Darkness, trans. Philip Roughton (Biblioasis, 2024)
- Emily St. John Mandel, Exit Party (Knopf, 2026)
Students should read Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad by Alice Oswald in the first class.
Continuing Education Units (CEU) : 0
You'll walk away with
- Increased cultural literacy
- Familiarity with 21st-century literature
Ideal for
- The curious and creative
- Professionals who use critical thinking