Literary Itinerary
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Yale links compiled by Carole Flynn.
Yale English Courses:
Carole Flynn recommends: Yale's "The American Novel Since 1945" taught by Professor Amy Hungerford.
http://oyc.yale.edu/english/american-novel-since-1945/
1. Introduction
2. Richard Wright, Black Boy
3. Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
4. Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.)
5. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
6. Guest Lecture by Andrew Goldstone
7. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (cont.)
8. Jack Kerouac, On the Road
9. Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.)
10. J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
11. John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse
12. Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
13. Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
14. Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
15. Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
16. Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (cont.)
17. Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
18. Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
19. Philip Roth, The Human Stain
20. Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
21. Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
22. Edward P. Jones, The Known World
23. Edward P. Jones, The Known World (cont.)
24. Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
25. Students' Choice Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (cont.)
26. Review for Final Exam
27. Final Exam
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2012 Author Events: Appearances, Readings, Book Signings, and Lectures in Connecticut
2012
Listing compiled by Carole Flynn
Visit these websites for upcoming author events in Connecticut:
http://www.westportlibrary.org/events/
http://www.atticusbookstorecafe.com/
http://www.yale.bncollege.com/