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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: 21

Average GPA: 3.57 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 57.24%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.24%

Timothy Parrish201489.5%5.3%0.0%5.3%0.0%0.0%3.771
Silas M Cassinelli202375.6%24.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.752
James M Vollmer202181.7%14.1%2.4%0.9%0.9%0.0%3.754
Robert B Siegle201560.0%30.8%5.2%0.6%1.3%2.0%3.4711
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
Lisa Norris200650.0%39.3%10.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411

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