Center for the Study of the Novel

The Center for the Study of the Novel promotes conversation on the novel and related narrative genres as these forms have been practiced across history and cultures. CSN is committed to the importance of studying literature as a primary form of human expression, even as it examines what interdisciplinary perspectives may tell us about literature and the novel in particular. CSN further is committed to studying the history and practice of literary criticism and theory illuminating the novel and its relations to society and culture.
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Past Events
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg 460, Stanford, CA 94305
Please join the Center for the Study of the Novel for their annual conference!
McCaw Hall
Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg 460, Stanford, CA 94305
Please join us for our final event with the Working Group on Narrative, coming up on April 25th.
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 460, Stanford, CA 94305
Terrace Room (Rm. 426)
We are excited to announce our CSN 2024 Conference, Stories and the Seas, which will be happening all day on Friday, April 5th.
We are excited to welcome Caroline Levine to campus this February for our annual Ian Watt lecture!
Tuesday, October 24th
Noon-2pm
Futures of Short Story Criticism
Speaker: Kevin McLaughlin (Brown University)
Author: Jennifer Fleissner