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ENGL-4664: Contemporary Fiction

Description: Fiction since 1945 with emphasis upon the most recent two decades: the late modernist narratives of Bellow, Updike, and Percy; the new fiction of Barth, Hawkes, Barthelme; the postmodern fiction of Federman, Carter, Fowles, Katz, Sukenick.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: COMM-1016 or ENGL-1106 or ENGL-1204H

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 7

Average GPA: 3.67 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 66.72%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.57%

James M Vollmer202186.6%10.4%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.842
Hightower Rebecca A Weaver202432.1%44.0%20.1%0.0%0.0%4.0%3.181
Smith Evan Lavender2022100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Emily Waldman202472.0%12.0%4.0%0.0%12.0%0.0%3.311
Silas M Cassinelli202375.6%24.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.752

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W