C LIT 299
Special Topics
Fall 2023
Topics
- Twenty-first-century global issues in literature
- Environment
- Technology
- Bioethics
- Spirituality
- Close reading of contemporary fiction
Readings
- DeLillo, Don. Cosmopolis. Scribner, 2004 [2003]. ISBN 9780743244251.ISBN 9780743244251
- Eggers, Dave. A Hologram for the King. Vintage, 2013 [2012]. ISBN 9780345807595.ISBN 9780345807595
- Lanchester, John. The Wall. Norton, 2020 [2019]. ISBN 9780393357776.ISBN 9780393357776
- Lui, Ken [as printed], editor. Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation. Selections. Tor, 2018. ISBN 9780765384201.ISBN 9780765384201
- McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. Vintage, 2007 [2006]. ISBN 9780307387899.ISBN 9780307387899
- Gocsik, Karen. Writing About World Literature. Norton, 2012. ISBN 9780393918809.ISBN 9780393918809
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- C LIT 299 800 Fall 2023 Jerry Varsava.pdf ↗2023
- C LIT 299 800 Syllabus Fall 2023 Jerry Varsava - Jerry Varsava.docx.pdf ↗2023
- C LIT 299 800 Special Topics ↗2021
- Bibliographic names and edition details follow the syllabus, including its spelling “Lui, Ken”.