WRL’s The Emerging Scholars Series: Contemporary Fiction and the Millennial Novel
April 9 @ 2:00 pm
Free
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 a partnership between the Arts & Sciences Graduate Center at William & Mary and the Williamsburg Regional Library. The series features W&M graduate students in talks hosted by the WRL intended to bring cutting-edge research to the local community. View the complete 24-25 Series schedule on the William & Mary website.
Emerging Scholars is an exciting ongoing series highlighting the latest research on a variety of topics coming out of William & Mary’s graduate programs in Arts & Sciences.