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.
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Falling Man by DeLillo, Don: Chapters 1-7
Optional Reviews of DeLillo's Falling Man (See links in Course Reading Links).
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Falling Man by Don DeLillo: Chapters 8-end
Essay #1 Due Sunday
Open City by Teju Cole: Chapters 1-10
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Open City by Cole, Teju: Chapters 11-end
Optional Readings (See course readings)
Essay #2
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid: Chapters 1-6
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid: Chapters 7-end
Optional Readings (See course readings)
Essay #3
The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra: Chapters 1-12
Review of The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra (See Course Readings)
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra: Chapters 13-22
Essay #4
Zone One by Colson Whitehead: Friday-Saturday (pages 1-128)
Review of Zone One by Soren Forsberg (See Course Readings)
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Zone One by Colson Whitehead: pages 129-end
Discussion Board Post Due Friday; Response due Sunday.
Final Essay Due: See Assignment Instructions