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27 August 2017—New York Review of Books Syllabus: Autumn 2017
27 August 2016—New York Review of Books Syllabus: Autumn 2016
27 August 2016—China's Lunar Calendar 2016 08-27
27 August 2015—China's Lunar Calendar 2015 08-27 27 August 2017—New York Review of Books Syllabus: Autumn 2017
27 August 2016—New York Review of Books Syllabus: Autumn 2016
27 August 2016—China's Lunar Calendar 2016 08-27
27 August 2015—New York Review of Books Syllabus: Autumn 2015
27 August 2014—China's Lunar Calendar 2014 08-27
27 August 2014—New York Review of Books Syllabus: Autumn 2014
27 August 2013—China's Lunar Calendar 2013 08-27
27 August 2013—Syllabic Cycles: Chinese History and Culture (2013)-b
27 August 2012—The New Yorker and the World: Course Description (f)
27 August 2011—Annals of Ostracism: The Crime of Cephu
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New York Review of Books (NYRB) Syllabus
All Classes
Autumn 2018
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
NYRB
and Round and Square readings are due on Tuesdays, and will be a part
of both the quiz and class discussion on those days (unless I
specifically inform you otherwise).
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This semester, we will read the complete issue of
The New York Review of Books for July 19, 2018 (Fiction Issue)
Week One
(30 August—Thursday This Week)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingRead all front matter (cover, inside-cover advertisement, table of contents, contributors)
Week Two
(4 September)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading12-14 Max Hastings, "Yesterday's Parties"
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
Week Three
(11 September)
46-47 Colin Thubron, "Reveling in Discomfort"
The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China...
Week Four
(18 September)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading18-19 Adam Thirlwell, "Imaginary Conspiracies"
The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: Formative Years
Week Five
(25 September)
20-21 Orlando Figes, "Dancing in Chains"
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People for Life Under Tyranny
Week Six
(2 October)
22-23 Paul Levy, "Ritzy Business"
Ritz and Excoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and teh Rise of the Leisure Class
Week Seven
(9 October)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading25-26 Min Jin Lee, "Korean Souls"
Human Acts
Week Nine
(23 October)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
27-29 Andrew Stark, "Oh, Canada"
Justin Trudeau, Common Ground
Peter Russell, Canada's Odyssey
Michael Adams, Could it Happen Here?
Doug Saunders, Maximum Canada
Peter Russell, Canada's Odyssey
Michael Adams, Could it Happen Here?
Doug Saunders, Maximum Canada
Week Ten
(30 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading30-31 Jon Day, "Mapping Down Under"
Peter Carey, A Long Way from Home
Week Eleven
(6 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading32-34 Lisa Appignanesi, "Dr. Death"
Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
Week Twelve
(13 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading38-39 Jim Holt, "Lovers of Wisdom"
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Week Fourteen
(27 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading43-45 Hermione Lee, "The Dark Side"
William Trevor, Last Stories
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