You’ll need two books for this course. I strongly recommend that you look for them online. I’ve always had great luck with www.AbeBooks.com when it comes to finding used books.
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Writing About Literature by W. F. Garrett-Petts
- According to one reviewer: “‘Writing About Literature’ is the first undergraduate text to integrate recent genre theory and a ‘writing in the disciplines’ approach to the teaching of critical writing. While encouraging students to develop and value their own interpretations, the text helps undergraduates understand the rhetorical and institutional conventions of critical writing. A cross between a rhetoric and a casebook, ‘Writing About Literature’ provides clear, practical advice and accessible models for writing critical essays on literature – on prose fiction in particular. This book offers students an insider’s guide to the language, issues, approaches, styles, assumptions, and traditions that inform the writing of successful critical essays.”
- You’ll need this by about September 25.
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
- According to Publishers Weekly: “Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson’s Fitzpatrick’s War. Brooks tells the story of the world’s desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts “as told to the author” by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. Despite its implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard to put down. The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary politicians and policies are an added bonus.”
- You’ll need to have this book by the end of October/early November.
