TEXTS Dostoyevski, The Brothers Karamazov
David Malouf, Remembering Babylon
Louise Erdrich, Tracks
E.M. Forster A Passage to India
Toni Morrison, Paradise
Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
(In addition, a packet of xeroxed critical essays should be purchased from the Religion Department secretary, room 103)
Schedule
Sep 8 Introduction to the course
9/11-10/9 The Brothers Karamazov
10/11, 13, 16, 18 Tracks
10/18 first paper due
10/20, 23, 25, 27; Paradise
11/1, 3, 6
10/28-31 FALL BREAK
11/8, 10, 13 The Crying of Lot 49
11/15, 17 A Passage to India
11/17 second paper due
11/20 No class; instructor at professional meeting
11/22-26 Thanksgiving vacation
11/27, 29, 12/1 A Passage to India
12/4, 6, 8, 11 Remembering Babylon
12/13 last day of class
12/? Final exam essay due