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Course :  The American Novel Since 1945 (with Amy Hungerford)

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The American Novel Since 1945 (ENGL 291) In this second lecture on On The Road, Professor Hungerford addresses some of the obstacles and failures to the novel's high ambitions for achieving American community through an immediacy of communication. Sal Paradise's desire to cross racial boundaries, for example, seems ultimately more exploitative than expansive; Dean's exuberant language of "Yes!" and "Wow!" devolves into meaningless gibberish. And yet the novel's mystical vision of something called "America" persists, a cultural icon that continues to engage the interest of readers, scholars, and artists. Among these latter is the digital art collaborative Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, with whose online work DAKOTA Hungerford concludes the class. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Kerouac's Mythical America: Trans-historical Communities 22:03 - Chapter 2. Defining American Identity: Sal's Illusory Vision of Mystical Oneness 30:01 - Chapter 3. Dean and Sal, Again: The Theme of Sadness 41:12 - Chapter 4. The Publication History: Creating a Literary Object Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008.

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