*   1984 (1949)
George Orwell
  *   Things Fall Apart (1958)
Chinua Achebe
  *   The French Lt's Woman (1969)
John Fowles
  *   Nights at the Circus (1984)
Angela Carter
  *   History of the World (1989)
Julian Barnes
  *   Haroun (1990)
Salman Rushdie
  *   White Teeth (2000)
Zadie Smith
  *   Remainder (2005)
Tom McCarthy
  *   The Bone Clocks (2014)
David Mitchell
       
     

8/18
INTRODUCTIONS
8/20
1984 (§1.1-1.2 / pp 3-31)
Pynchon's Forward (HO)
"Politics & the Eng Lang"

Links


8/25
1984 (§1.3-2.4 / pp 31-154)
8/27
1984 (§2.5-2.8 / pp 154-186)
Links
NYT - "Why Our Mem. Fail Us"
NwYrkr - "You Have No Idea"

9/1
1984 (§2.9-App / pp 186-326)
9/3
TFA (CH 1-5 / pp 1-39)

Paper #1 Assigned
Links
NYT - Achebe Obit


9/8
TFA (CH 6-25 / pp 40-179)
9/10
FLW (CH 1-13 / pp 3-99)

Paper #1 Due
Links
NYT - Fowles Obit

9/15
FLW (CH 14-31 / pp 100-250)
Barthes - Death / Author (HO)
Doctorow - False Docs (HO)

9/17
FLW (CH 32-38 / pp 251-296)

Paper #2 Assigned
Links
Pisanello - St. Eustace

9/22
FLW (CH 39-61 / pp 297-467)
9/24
NATC (§1.1-1.2 / pp 7-50)

Paper #2 Due
Links


9/29
NATC (§1.3-3.7 / pp 51-251)
10/1
NATC (from §3.8 / pp 252-295)

Paper #3 Assigned
Links



10/6
MIDTERM EXAM
10/8
NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
Links



10/13
HOTW (CH 1-Par / pp 1-244)
10/15
HOTW (CH 9-10 / pp 247-307)

Paper #3 Due
Links
Evans - Criminal Prosecution & Capital Punishment of Animals

Beesley - Loss of the SS Titanic


10/20
HAROUN (entire novel)
10/22
WT (CH1-4 / pp 3-69)
Links
Powell - "Rivers of Blood"

10/27
WT (CH 5-10 / pp 71-217)
10/29
WT (CH 11-14 / pp 221-314)

Links
Rushdie - "The Book Burning"

"Looking back at Rushdie's The Satanic Verses"


11/3
WT (CH 15-20 / pp 315-448)
11/5
Remainder (CH 1-2 / pp 3-39)

Paper #4 Assigned
Links
Intl Necronautical Society

11/10
Rem (CH 3-12 / pp 40-217)
Zadie Smith - "Two Paths"
11/12
Rem (CH 13-16 / pp 219-308)

Paper #4 Due
Links
Propellerheads - "History Repeating"

11/17
Bone Clocks (3-206)
11/19
Bone Clocks (209-290)
Links


11/24
Bone Clocks (293-402)
11/26
NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING
Links


12/1
Bone Clocks (405-545)
12/3
Bone Clocks (545-624)
WRAP UP
Links


12/8
FINAL EXAM (1-3)
12/10 Links