Extreme Fiction (2004)
Hemley + Martone, eds.
Sixty Stories (1981)
Donald Barthelme
Girl w/ Curious Hair (1989)
David Foster Wallace
In Persuasion Nation (2006)
George Saunders
McSweeney's #16 (2005)
Beattie, Coover, et al.







     

1/17
Introductions
1/19
Maupassant - "The Necklace"
Chekhov - "Lady with the Dog"
Burroway (HO)
Extreme Fiction
(1-12)

Links


1/24
Atwood - "Happy Endings"
Extreme Fiction
(15-60)

1/26
Extreme Fiction (61-101)
Links


1/31
Extreme Fiction (101-162)

2/2
Extreme Fiction (165-197)
Links


2/7
Extreme Fiction (197-217)

Essay #1 Due
2/9
Extreme Fiction (217-261)

Links


2/14
Extreme Fiction (261-338)
Barth - "Lit of Exhaustion" (HO)
2/16
Sixty Stories (xi-45)
Links


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
Links


3/20
Sixty Stories (318-380)
3/22
Sixty Stories (381-451)
Links


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
Links