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Emerging Scholars Talk: “Contemporary Fiction and the Millennial Novel”
Location
Stryker Center (412 Boundary St.)Access & Features
- Open to the public
Jay Jolles, American Studies: “Contemporary Fiction and the Millennial Novel”
Contemporary authors such as Sally Rooney, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Ben Lerner are exemplars of an emerging genre of American literature: millennial fiction. These books capture the ethos of a generation. In this talk, Jay Jolles, doctoral candidate in American Studies at William & Mary, will describe the development of contemporary American fiction from the emergence of avant-garde modernism into the present moment. Learn about the evolving narrative strategies and thematic concerns that define the millennial novel within contemporary American literature.
The Emerging Scholars Series is offered in partnership with the Williamsburg Regional Library. Free & open to the public.
Sponsored by: A&S Graduate Center
Contact
[[sgglos,Sarah Glosson, A&S Graduate Center]]