Engl
4040 Modernism and Postmodernism, Fall 2015, O'Donnell, ETSU
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last update: August 8, 2015
Course
Information
English 4040 Modernism and Postmodernism, section 1, Tues and Thurs 11:15am-12:35pm,
Burleson 304
This course is writing-intensive.
The
instructor is Dr. Kevin O'Donnell: http://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/,
odonnell@etsu.edu 423 439-6679
Office: Burleson Hall 313
Fall 2015
Office Hours: TR 12:45-2pm and
3:45-4:30pm; W 12-2pm
Texts
Note that some of the novels listed here are available in various
editions. Any print edition you can find
will be OK for this class. However, I do
prefer that you use "hard copies"-- in other words, traditional bound
paper texts, rather than "e-texts"-- for a number of reasons that
we'll discuss in class. Nevertheless, if
you do feel strongly that you prefer e-texts, talk to me in person, and I'll
listen to your case.
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Don Delillo. White Noise: A Novel. (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition). Penguin, 2009 (1984). ISBN: 9780143105985. $17.00
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Toni Morrison. Beloved: A Novel. Vintage
Reprint edition, 2004 (1987). ISBN-10:
1400033411. $16.00
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Thomas Pynchon. Inherent Vice: A Novel.
Penguin Books, 2010. ISBN:
0143117564 $17.00
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Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young, editors. The
Poetry Anthology: Ninety Years of
America's Most Distinguished Verse Magazine. Ivan R. Dee, publisher, 2004. ISBN:
1566636043 $19.95
- Gary Shteyngart. Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel.
Random House, 2011. ISBN: 0812977866 $16.00
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Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance
With Death. Dell, 1991 (1969). ISBN: 0440180295. $7.99.
- Virginia Woolf. Mrs. Dalloway: A Novel [Annotated]. Harvest Books,
2005 (1921). ISBN: 0156030357 $13.00
Final
Grade Breakdown
- 2 exams (short essay and identification):
25% each -- 50% total
- Review essay (you will review a novel of your choice; approx 1500
words): 25%
- In-class presentation (you will "teach" a class on one of the
assigned works): 10%
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Miscellaneous, ungraded writing activities, in and out of class: 10%
- Participation: 5%
Attendance,
Due Dates
Attendance: The Department of Lit and Language policy: more than 6
absences and you fail the course. In addition, I've set the following policies:
1) You may miss 2 classes free, no questions asked. 2) No absences will be
excused, so use your two freebies wisely! 3) If you miss between 3 and 5
classes, your final grade may be lowered by up to a full letter grade.
Due Dates: I don't accept late work, and missed assignments cannot be
made up. If you must miss class on a due date, email me your work by class
time.