This course taught by Yale professor Wai Chee Dimock examines major works by three iconic American authors–Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Faulkner. Along the way, Dimock explores these authors’ “interconnections on three analytic scales: the macro history of the United States and the world; the formal and stylistic innovations of modernism; and the small details of sensory input and psychic life.” You can access the 24 lectures in Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner on YouTube, or on iTunes in video and audio. Texts discussed in the course include:
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying.
Faulkner, William. Light in August.
Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Hemingway, Ernest. In Our Time.
Hemingway, Ernest. To Have and Have Not.
Find more information about this course, including the syllabus, over at this Yale site.
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I want to register for this class
It will an interesting class.
A very interesting selection, but Hemingway’s “To have and have not” doesn,t maje justice to his talento & skills.
I am a Literature major who graduated from Stockton University in Pomona, NJ, (May 2005). I have read all these great works, and I would love to take this course and learn more about 3 of my favorite authors. Please sign me up. Let me know how I can participate. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Virginia Dominic
Here is the link to all of the sessions of this great course:
http://oyc.yale.edu/american-studies/amst-246#sessions
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Fascinating introduction. I see that someone has posted the link to all sessions. Thank you for that, I’m looking forward to more.
To Have and Have Not, being a novel that left a big impression on me in my teens. It’s style, POV usage and structure, all opened doors for me in my own writing at that time, and since I suppose.
Thanks
Thank you so much for These wonderful courses.