Engl
4040 Modernism and Postmodernism, Fall 2017, O'Donnell, ETSU
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Course
Time and Place
English 4040 Modernism and Postmodernism; Mondays
and Wednesdays, 1:40 to 3pm, in Burleson Hall room 301
Instructor
Contact Information
Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, Professor of English,
Department of Literature and Language, East Tennessee State University
http://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/;
odonnell@etsu.edu; 423 439-6679
Office: Burleson Hall 313
Fall 2017 Office Hours: Tuesdays,
2:30-3:50pm; Mondays and Wednesdays, 12-1:30pm
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.
- Don Delillo. White
Noise: A Novel. Penguin Classics Deluxe
Edition. Penguin, 2009 (1984). ISBN:
9780143105985. $17.00
- Toni
Morrison. Beloved: A Novel. Vintage Reprint
edition, 2004 (1987). ISBN: 1400033411. $16.00
- 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
- Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse
Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death. Dell, 1991 (1969).
ISBN: 0440180295. $7.99.
-
David Foster Wallace. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Back Bay Books, 2000 (1999). ISBN:
0316925195. $16.00
- 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%
-
Miscellaneous, ungraded writing activities, in and out of class: 10%
- Participation: 5%
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.
In general, I will strive to make the class meetings worthwhile, so try
not to miss. If an unavoidable conflict comes up, please communicate with
me about it, and I will make reasonable accomodations.
Due
Dates
I do not accept late work. If you must miss class on a day when an essay is
due, email your work before class time, as an attachment, to odonnell@etsu.edu. Then also bring a hard copy
to the following class period. If you know that you will be unable to attend
during an exam day, talk to me ahead of time to arrange to take the exam at
another time. In-class reading quizzes and other impromptu writing
activities cannot be made up.