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<DIV>Just wanted to send an announcement out that there are still seats available for my seminar on literary adolescence this quarter. We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:00 in HMNSS 1502. A description and book list is below. If you have any questions, please send me an email.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best,</DIV>
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<DIV>Michael Jayme</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">A Course Description: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">This course will be dedicated to examination of portrayals of adolescence in contemporary, character-driven, Western literature.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This exploration will take place through discussion and analysis of how character and story are revealed through various points of view, various forms of narrative, and a variety of writing styles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Readings</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> may confirm, challenge, and complicate our expectations of the modern adolescent as the subject of the story.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please note that this course will not examine young-adult or children's literature, though works from these genres may surface in one form or another over the course of the quarter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The Required Texts:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> This quarter’s book selections are as follows:<S><o:p></o:p></S></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Natasha: And Other Stories</SPAN></I><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> by David Bezmozgis<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Drown </SPAN></I><SPAN style="COLOR: black">by Junot Diaz<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Childhood and Other Neighborhoods </SPAN></I><SPAN style="COLOR: black">by Stuart Dybek<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Wildlife </SPAN></I><SPAN style="COLOR: black">by Richard Ford<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The Namesake </SPAN></I><SPAN style="COLOR: black">by Jhumpa Lahiri<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Gangster We Are All Looking For</I> by Lê Thi Diem Thúy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Favorites</I> by Mary Yukari Waters<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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