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"There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time."
--Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five)
An Overview of Contemporary Literature
Welcome to Contemporary Literature:
It is my goal that students will be able to analyze an author’s purpose, a novel’s structure, and connect the content of the novel to the outside world in meaningful ways by the end of this semester. Through close reads, annotation, reflection, class discussion, and independent research students will be able to formulate their own opinions, supported with evidence, about literature and the themes, motifs, criticisms, etc. offered by an author. Also, students are required to choose a novel of their own and write a research paper (along with all other required components of research) in order to pass this course.
Introduction to Contemporary Literature
General Classroom Expectations
Independent Reading and Research Project Info Sheet #1
We will cover the following units in Contemporary Lit.:
The Anatomy of a Novel
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Research paper and group presentation