1/17 Introductions |
1/19 Maupassant - "The Necklace" Chekhov - "Lady with the Dog" Burroway (HO) Extreme Fiction (1-12) |
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1/24 Atwood - "Happy Endings" Extreme Fiction (15-60) |
1/26 Extreme Fiction (61-101) |
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1/31 Extreme Fiction (101-162) |
2/2 Extreme Fiction (165-197) |
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2/7 Extreme Fiction (197-217) Essay #1 Due |
2/9 Extreme Fiction (217-261) |
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2/14 Extreme Fiction (261-338) Barth - "Lit of Exhaustion" (HO) |
2/16 Sixty Stories (xi-45) |
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2/21 NO CLASS - Mardi Gras |
2/23 Sixty Stories (46-77) Essay #2 Due |
Links Barthelme Overview @ TMW Donald Barthelme's Syllabus |
2/28 Sixty Stories (78-176) |
3/1 Sixty Stories (177-229) |
Links Lefebvre - Crit of Everyday Life Horowitz plays "Träumerei" |
3/6 Sixty Stories (230-317) |
3/8 EXAM #1 |
Links Balzac - Eugénie Grandet |
3/13 NO CLASS - Spring Break |
3/15 NO CLASS - Spring Break |
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3/20 Sixty Stories (318-380) |
3/22 Sixty Stories (381-451) |
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3/27 Girl w/ Curious Hair (1-42) Essay #3 Due |
3/29 Girl w/ Curious Hair (43-118) |
Links Walter Jenkins The Jenkins Scandal (audio) |
4/3 Girl w/ Curious Hair (119-172) Doctorow - "False Docs" (HO) |
4/5 Girl w/ Curious Hair (173-230) |
Links R.I.P. D.F.W. (NYT) In Memorium DFW (Mod/Mod) Wallace in The New Yorker |
4/10 Girl w/ Curious Hair (231-373) Understanding DFW - "WTCOE" |
4/12 In Persuasion Nation (1-61) |
Links "Westward..." painting Saunders - "Bohemians" (1) Saunders - "Bohemians" (2) |
4/17 In Persuasion Nation (63-179) Essay #4 Due |
4/19 In Persuasion Nation (181-228) |
Links georgesaundersland.com Saunders! Saunders! Saunders! Saunders in The New Yorker |
4/24 from McSweeney's 16 "Heart Suit" - Robert Coover "Mr. Nobody at All" - Ann Beattie McSweeney's 16 (5-101) |
4/26 McSweeney's 16 (103-164) |
Links The McSweeney's Store |
5/1 EXAM #2 |
5/3 Wrap-up |
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