Course Schedule
Week 1 Reactions to 9/11
Readings:
White Rain: 9/11 and American Fiction by Ira Nadel; How 9/11 Changed Fiction After the Unthinkable by R.B London; How Do We Write about This? The Domestic and the Global in the Post-9/11 Novel by Catherine Morley.
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 2 Understanding Trauma
Readings:
Falling Man by DeLillo, Don: Chapters 1-7
Optional Reviews of DeLillo's Falling Man (See links in Course Reading Links).
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 3 Trauma Continued
Readings:
Falling Man by Don DeLillo: Chapters 8-end
Due:
Essay #1 Due Sunday
Week 4 Relationships Post 9/11
Readings:
Open City by Teju Cole: Chapters 1-10
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 5 Relationships Continued
Readings:
Open City by Cole, Teju: Chapters 11-end
Optional Readings (See course readings)
Due:
Essay #2
Week 6 Globalization
Readings:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid: Chapters 1-6
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 7 Globalization Continued
Readings:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid: Chapters 7-end
Optional Readings (See course readings)
Due:
Essay #3
Week 8 Paranoia, Xenophobia, & Terrorism
Readings:
The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra: Chapters 1-12
Review of The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra (See Course Readings)
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 9 Paranoia, Xenophobia, & Terrorism Continued
Readings:
The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra: Chapters 13-22
Due:
Essay #4
Week 10 The Rise of Post-Apocalyptic Literature
Readings:
Zone One by Colson Whitehead: Friday-Saturday (pages 1-128)
Review of Zone One by Soren Forsberg (See Course Readings)
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 11 The Rise of Post-Apocalyptic Literature Continued
Readings:
Zone One by Colson Whitehead: pages 129-end
Due:
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Week 12 The Future of Literature Post 9/11
Final Essay Due: See Assignment Instructions