UNIT ONE: REALIST ROOTS

 



WEEK 1

8/19
INTRODUCTIONS

8/21
ETHAN FROME
PROLOGUE, CHAPTERS 1-4 (pp 1-36)


WEEK 2

8/26
ETHAN FROME
CHAPTERS 5-9, AFTERWORD (pp 37-77)

"American Literature 1865-1914" (HO)
Review of Resisting Regionalism (HO)

8/28
WINESBURG, OHIO
"GROTESQUE" through "GODLINESS" (pp 5-53)


WEEK 3

9/2
WINESBURG, OHIO
"IDEAS" through "AWAKENING" (53-105)

"The Simplicity of Winesburg, Ohio" (169-177)
"Anderson's Expressionist Art" (211-229)

PAPER #1 ASSIGNED

9/4
WINESBURG, OHIO
"QUEER" through "DEPARTURE" (105-138)

 
 
UNIT TWO: MODERNISM

 



WEEK 4

9/9
AS I LAY DYING
CH 1 - CH 12 (3-52)

MODERNISM HANDOUT

PAPER #1 DUE

9/11
AS I LAY DYING
CH 13 - CH 30 (53-122)


WEEK 5

9/16
AS I LAY DYING
CH 31 - CH 59 (123-261)

"'Voice' in Narrative Texts: The Example of AILD"

9/18
THE 42ND PARALLEL
NEWSREEL I through NEWSREEL VI (1-64)


WEEK 6

9/23
THE 42ND PARALLEL
CAMERA EYE 7 through CAMERA EYE 21 (64-205)

"Foreword" - E.L. Doctorow (vii-xi)
"U.S.A." - (xiii-xiv)

9/25
THE 42ND PARALLEL
NEWSREEL XV through PROTEUS (206-257)


WEEK 7

9/30
THE 42ND PARALLEL
JANEY through CHARLEY ANDERSON (257-323)

MIDTERM PREP
PAPER #2 ASSIGNED

10/2
MIDTERM EXAM

 
 
UNIT THREE: MIDCENTURY AMERICA

 



WEEK 8

10/7
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
READ THE ENTIRE NOVEL (21-202)

10/9
WISE BLOOD
CH 1 - CH 3 (3-60)

PAPER #2 DUE


WEEK 9

10/14
WISE BLOOD
CH 4 - CH 14 (63-236)

10/16
LOLITA
FOREWORD - PT I, CH 11 (3-55)


WEEK 10

10/21
LOLITA
PT I, CH 12 - PT I, CH 33 (55-142)

"False Documents" - E.L. Doctorow (HO)

10/23
LOLITA
PT II, CH 1 - PT II, CH 13 (145-202)

PAPER # 3 ASSIGNED


WEEK 11

10/28
LOLITA
PT II, CH 14 - PT II, CH 36 (202-309)

 
 
UNIT FOUR: POSTMODERNISM

 



WEEK 11 (continued)

10/30
THE CRYING OF LOT 49
CH 1 - CH 2 (9-43)

CLICK TO ENLARGE

REMEDIOS VARO - BORDANDO EL MANTO TERRESTRE (1961) - PAGE 21

PAPER #3 DUE

OPTIONAL READING:
"NEW THOMAS PYNCHON BOOK ON THE WAY?" - LA TIMES


WEEK 12

11/4
THE CRYING OF LOT 49
CH 3 - CH 6 (44-183)

OPTIONAL READINGS:
1966 REVIEW OF LOT 49 FROM TIME MAGAZINE
"SAN JOSE SEMAPHORE" - ADOBE.COM
"DECODING THE SAN JOSE SEMAPHORE" - BAYAREANEWS
"SAN JOSE SEMAPHORE: THE SOLUTION" - BAYAREANEWS

11/6
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
ONE - THREE (1-71)


WEEK 13

11/11
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
FOUR - SIX (72-153)

"The Literature of Exhaustion" - John Barth (HO)

11/13
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
SEVEN - TEN (154-215)

OPTIONAL READING:
"COLD TURKEY" - KURT VONNEGUT (2004)


WEEK 14

11/18
WHITE NOISE
PART I: WAVES AND RADIATION (3-105)

PAPER #4 ASSIGNED

11/20
WHITE NOISE
PART II: THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT (109-163)


WEEK 15

11/25
WHITE NOISE
PART III: DYLARAMA (167-326)

11/27
NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING


WEEK 16

12/2
WRAP UP

PAPER #4 DUE

12/4
NO CLASS - FINALS BEGIN


WEEK 17

12/9
FINAL EXAM 1.00 to 3.00

 

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COURSE INFO

EH 361 - AM NOVEL SINCE 1900
FALL 2008 - TR, 12.30 to 1.45
HUMANITIES 144

JUSTIN ST.CLAIR

HUMANITIES 254
W, 11.00 to 5.00
 
 
REQUIRED TEXTS

 


ETHAN FROME (1912)
EDITH WHARTON
half.com | amazon.com

WINESBURG, OHIO (1919)
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
half.com | amazon.com

AS I LAY DYING (1930)
WILLIAM FAULKNER
half.com | amazon.com

THE 42ND PARALLEL (1930)
JOHN DOS PASSOS
half.com | amazon.com

THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1939)
NATHANAEL WEST
half.com | amazon.com

WISE BLOOD (1952)
FLANNERY O’CONNOR
half.com | amazon.com

LOLITA (1955)
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
half.com | amazon.com

THE CRYING OF LOT 49 (1966)
THOMAS PYNCHON
half.com | amazon.com

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (1969)
KURT VONNEGUT
half.com | amazon.com

WHITE NOISE (1985)
DON DELILLO
half.com | amazon.com

   
 
LINK DUMP

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
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USA DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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USA LIBRARY
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OWL - MLA STYLE GUIDE
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SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION (1981)
JEAN BAUDRILLARD

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DON DELILLO - NYT ARCHIVE
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McCAFFERY'S 100
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UCSB CYLINDER PROJECT
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LOC PERFORMING ARTS
ENCYCLOPEDIA

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MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
TEMPLETON MUSIC MUSEUM

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PYNCHONWIKI
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CHRISTIAN BOK - EUNOIA
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THE NEW YORKER
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HARPER'S
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"TWO PATHS FOR THE NOVEL"
ZADIE SMITH

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INTERNATIONAL NECRONAUTICAL SOCIETY
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"THE ECSTASY OF INFLUENCE:
A PLAGIARISM" - JONATHAN LETHEM

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"THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE"
PAMELA ZOLINE

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DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

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FICTION IN HARPER'S
[LOGIN REQUIRED]

"Everything is Green"
SEPTEMBER 1989

"Rabbit Resurrected"
AUGUST 1992

"The Awakening of My Interest
in Annular Systems"

SEPTEMBER 1993

"The Depressed Person"
JANUARY 1998

"Brief Interviews with Hideous Men"
OCTOBER 1998

"The Compliance Branch"
FEBRUARY 2008
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NON-FICTION IN HARPER'S
[LOGIN REQUIRED]

"Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes"
DECEMBER 1991

"Ticket to the Fair"
JULY 1994

"Shipping Out"
JANUARY 1996

"Laughing with Kafka"
JULY 1998

"Tense Present"
APRIL 2001

"It All Gets Quite Tricky"
NOVEMBER 2008
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IN THE NEW YORKER

"Several Birds"
JUNE 27, 1994

"An Interval"
JANUARY 30, 1995

"Asset"
JUNE 21, 1999

"Good People"
FEBRUARY 05, 2007
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GEORGE SAUNDERS

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FICTION IN HARPER'S
[LOGIN REQUIRED]

"The 400-pound CEO"
FEBRUARY 1993

"Isabelle"
SEPTEMBER 1994

"Bounty"
APRIL 1995

"Sticks"
NOVEMBER 1995

"Brad Carrigan, American"
MARCH 2005

"In Persuasion Nation"
NOVEMBER 2005

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NON-FICTION IN HARPER'S
[LOGIN REQUIRED]

"Active Metaphors"
AUGUST 2008

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IN THE NEW YORKER

"Jon"
JANUARY 27, 2003

"My Guilty Pleasures"
FEBRUARY 03, 2003

"A Survey of the Literature"
SEPTEMBER 22, 2003

"Chicago Christmas, 1984"
DECEMBER 22, 2003

"Bohemians"
JANUARY 19, 2004

"My Amendment"
MARCH 08, 2004

"Adams"
AUGUST 09, 2004

"Flooding the Zone"
DECEMBER 06, 2004

"CommComm"
AUGUST 01, 2005

"Nostalgia"
APRIL 10, 2006

"Borat: The Memo"
DECEMBER 04, 2006

"Puppy"
MAY 28, 2007

"Y'all Torture Me Home"
MARCH 24, 2008

"Hypocrites"
JUNE 09, 2008

"Antiheroes"
JUNE 23, 2008

"My Gal"
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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