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Prof. Nick Taylor
San Jose State University, Spring 2012
Wednesdays 4:00-6:45 PM
Location: FO 104Office: FOB 219 (Phone 408-924-4458)
Office Hours: MW 11:00AM � 1:00PM and by appointment.
Email: nicholas.taylor@sjsu.eduNote: Email is the fastest way to get in touch with me.Course Description
In this graduate literature seminar, we will read a selection of American fiction published between 2009 and 2011. I ask that participants in the seminar come prepared to read these books as critics and as writers. As critics, we will explore whether there is a 搒chool� of contemporary American fiction. As writers, we will dissect each work in terms of form, aesthetics, and material, to determine how these authors梬ho are our contemporaries, if not our peers梒aptured the attention of early twenty-first-century readers. The reading load is extremely heavy in this course (nearly four thousand pages of fiction). Writing requirements include short weekly response papers and a seminar paper or creative project.
Student Learning Goals
Ability to read literature from a writer's perspective.
Ability to read texts closely and to articulate the value of close reading in the study of literature and rhetoric.
Understanding of the twofold nature of textual analysis:� 1) objective study from varied analytical perspectives; 2) subjective experience of the aesthetic reality of the text.
Participation in 爁ace-to face exchanges of ideas with faculty and peers, including discussion groups and collaborative writing 燼ctivities, making use of the cultural resources of the department and the broader university as appropriate.
Ability to respond imaginatively to the content and style of texts.
Ability to write clearly, effectively, and imaginatively, and to adjust writing style appropriately to the content and nature of the subject.
Course Requirements and Grading
Attendance at all class meetings is essential. Because most of the value of this course is in the class discussions, you are only cheating yourself if you miss class. You are graduate students, and serious writers, and I will treat you as colleagues.
You must come to class prepared, which means that you have (a) read the assigned material, and (b) written a short reflection on what you抳e read. Some of you may resent having to write something every week in addition to the heavy reading load, but I抳e found that class discussions are more productive when everyone has had a chance to gather their thoughts.
Weekly reflection papers should run between 500 and 1000 words. You will turn in your papers at the end of each class, so that you can refer to them during class discussion. I will return the papers to you the following week, graded check-plus/check/check-minus.
In lieu of a final exam, you will submit a final project, which can be either a seminar paper on some aspect of contemporary fiction (for example a plotting technique that you have observed in several of the novels we've read, or an examination of different authors� use of the same material). Alternatively, you may choose to write a short story demonstrating techniques or subjects we have determined to be 揺xtremely contemporary.� In either case, your draft should be at least 4,000 words.
Finally, you will be required to attend at least two literary readings over the course of the semester, and to turn in 1-2pp responses. Your response papers can cover the substance of the reading, the author's presentation style, the author's wardrobe梐nything that strikes you. Here are some of the readings being offered on campus this semester:
Rae Armantrout (Poet)
February 15, 7pm:燫eading and book signing. MLK Library 225/229February 16, 1pm:營n Conversation with Juliana Spahr. MLK Library 225/229
Yiyun Li (Fiction Writer)
March 7, 7pm:燫eading and book signing. ENGR 189
Julie Scheeres (Memoirist, Nonfiction Writer)
March 21, 7pm:燫eading and book signing. MLK Library 225/229
Juan Felipe Herrera (Poet, Playwright, Fiction Writer)
April 4, 7pm:燫eading and book signing. MLK Library 225/229
Geoffrey Wolff (Novelist, Biographer, Memoirist)
April 17, 7pm:燫eading and book signing. MLK Library 225/229April 18, 1pm:營n Conversation with Tobias Wolff. MLK Library 225/229
Final grades will be the product of the following factors:
Weekly response papers 30%
Final paper or short story 30%
Class participation 30%
Responses to two literary readings 10%
Late Assignment Policy
Some weeks are busier than others. Some novels keep you glued and other don抰. I know this. Therefore, I will allow you to turn in up to two of your weekly response papers a week late. If you do this more than twice, or if your late papers are more than a week late, you will be penalized. You may not turn in your final paper late unless you have discussed it with me beforehand.
Required Texts
Franzen, Jonathan. Freedom. 2010.
Wood, James. How Fiction Works. 2008.
Egan, Jennifer. A Visit from the Goon Squad. 2010. (Pulitzer Prize 2011)
Ward, Jesmyn. Salvage the Bones. 2011. (National Book Award 2011)
Best American Short Stories 2011.
Cole, Teju. Open City. 2011.
Malae, Peter Nathaniel. What We Are. 2010.
Otsuka, Julie. The Buddha in the Attic. 2011.
Torres, Justin. We the Animals. 2011.
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. 2009.
Donoghue, Emma. Room. 2010.
Winner of 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction (TBA mid-April)
Schedule
Jan 25
Introduction
Feb 1
Franzen, Freedom
Feb 8
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
Feb 15
Ward, Salvage the Bones
Feb 22
Best American Short Stories, pp. ix - 162
Feb 29
NO CLASS � AWP Conference, Chicago
Mar 7
Best American Short Stories, pp. 163-330
Mar 14
Cole, Open City
Mar 21
Malae, What We Are
Mar 28
NO CLASS � 无忧短视频 Spring Recess
Apr 4
Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
Apr 11
Torres, We the Animals
Apr 18
Stockett, The Help
Apr 25
Donoghue, Room
May 2
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction (TBA)
May 9
Wrapup � Final Papers Due
Academic Honesty
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San Jos� State University, and the University抯 Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The Policy on academic integrity can be found at: http://www.sjsu.edu/studentconduct.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of somebody else抯 words or ideas and is considered an instance of academic dishonesty that instructors must report. You commit plagiarism by:
buying, stealing, or borrowing a paper (or story);
hiring someone to write a paper (or story);
building on someone抯 ideas without providing a citation;
or copying from another source or using a source too closely when paraphrasing.
In other words, submit only your own work.
LARC (Learning Assistance Resource Center)
The Learning Assistance Resource Center is an on-campus facility that provides peer tutoring for San Jos� State University students. LARC offers assistance with writing, and if you feel as if you need intensive help beyond what I can offer during office hours, please request a writing tutor. The Center is located in The Student Services Center in the 10th Street Parking Garage, Room 600. The phone number is (408) 924-2587.
Disabilities Policy
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities register with the DRC to establish a record of their disability.
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