Great American Novel

Great American Novel

Por: Scott Yarbrough and Kirk Curnutt
Few literary terms are more hotly debated, discounted, or derided than the "Great American Novel." But while critics routinely dismiss the phrase as at best hype and as at worst exclusionary, the belief that a national literature commensurate with both the scope and the contradictions of being American persists. In this podcast Scott Yarbrough and Kirk Curnutt examine totemic works such as Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Toni Morrison's Beloved that have been labeled GANs, exploring their themes, forms, and reception histories, asking why, when, and how they entered the literary canon. Readers beware: there be spoilers here, and other hijinks ensue...
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Latest episodes of the podcast Great American Novel

Episode 36: Burning Down the Days with THE FLAMETHROWERS by Rachel Kushner 04/11/2025
Episode 35: Escaping War for Love in Ernest Hemingway's A FAREWELL TO ARMS 10/08/2025
Episode 34: Riding the Rails with THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead 23/06/2025
Episode 33: Pulling Out the Mote in Flannery O'Connor's WISE BLOOD 18/05/2025
Episode 32: Watching the Flames from Slaughterhouse-Five 24/02/2025
Episode 31: Crossing the Country with Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD 12/01/2025
Episode 30: Sailing on the SHIP OF FOOLS 10/11/2024
Episode 29: Rallying Around the Flag in Stephen Crane's THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE 11/08/2024
Episode 28: Falling off the Cliff with The Catcher in the Rye 30/05/2024
Episode 27: Filtering the Static in Don DeLillo's WHITE NOISE 21/04/2024
Episode 26: Seekers of the Lonely Heart: Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 07/03/2024
Episode 25: Surmising the Motives in Henry James's THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY 13/01/2024
Episode 24: Speeding Down the Highway with PLAY IT AS IT LAYS by Joan Didion 03/11/2023
Episode 23: Hearing Voices in William Faulkner's AS I LAY DYING 07/10/2023
Episode 22: Rambling Along the REVOLUTIONARY ROAD 07/08/2023
Defining Dignity through Service in Ernest J. Gaines' A LESSON BEFORE DYING 03/06/2023
Episode 20: Cracking Through the Scrub with THE YEARLING 12/04/2023
Episode 19: Riding the Rocket with Thomas Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW 03/03/2023
Episode 18: We Want to Fly Away with Chopin's THE AWAKENING 03/01/2023
Ep 17: Pursuing the Picaro in Saul Bellow's THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH 12/12/2022
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