WEEK 7
2/20
SONG OF SOLOMON
CHAPTERS 1-7 (pp 3-172)
"TONI MORRISON, OPRAH WINFREY, AND POSTMODERN POPULAR AUDIENCES" - YOUNG
"BEWARE THE FURROW OF THE MIDDLEBROW: SEARCHING FOR PARADISE ON THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW" - AUBRY
DISCUSSION LEADER, PRIMARY TEXT: AMBER
DISCUSSION LEADER, SECONDARY TEXTS: BETH
WEEK 8
2/27
SONG OF SOLOMON
CHAPTERS 8-15 (pp 173-337)
"THE OPRAH EFFECT" - D.T. MAX
[VIA INTERNET ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE]
"THE STORIES OF OPRAH: OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB
AND AMERICAN LITERARY CULTURE" - ROONEY (HO)
DISCUSSION LEADER, PRIMARY TEXT: MICAH
DISCUSSION LEADER, SECONDARY TEXTS: RICK
WEEK 9
3/5
THE CORRECTIONS
UP TO "THE SEA" (pp 3-235)
"MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS" - FRANZEN
"JONATHAN FRANZEN VERSUS OPRAH WINFREY: DISSES
DISINVITATIONS, AND DISINGENUOUSNESS" - ROONEY (HO)
DISCUSSION LEADER, PRIMARY TEXT: LEE ANN
DISCUSSION LEADER, SECONDARY TEXTS: KENN
WEEK 10
3/12
NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK
WEEK 11
3/19
THE CORRECTIONS
FROM "THE SEA" ONWARD (pp 239-566)
"PERCHANCE TO DREAM: IN THE AGE OF IMAGES,
A REASON TO WRITE NOVELS" - FRANZEN (HO)
"WHY EXPERIMENTAL FICTION THREATENS TO
DESTROY PUBLISHING, JONATHAN FRANZEN, AND
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: A CORRECTION" - MARCUS (HO)
"MARCUS VS. FRANZEN" - ROW
DISCUSSION LEADER, PRIMARY TEXT: NAOMI
DISCUSSION LEADER, SECONDARY TEXTS: LINDA
WEEK 12
3/26
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES
(pp v - 109)
"FALSE DOCUMENTS" - DOCTOROW (HO)
"A MILLION LITTLE LIES" - TSG
DISCUSSION LEADER, PRIMARY TEXT: RENÉE
DISCUSSION LEADER, SECONDARY TEXTS: ALYSON
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