The Age of Irony: Twentieth Century America

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Essay Response
12-credit section
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Books
* Cultural Criticism: A Primer of Key Concepts, by Arthur Asa Berger, paperback, Sage Publications, 1994
* The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925, Paperback: Scribner 1995
* Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis, 1922, Paperback: Penguin USA 1996
* Another Country, by James Baldwin, 1962, Paperback: Vintage; 1992
* A Feather on the Breath of God: A Novel, by Sigrid Nunez
* How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia: Language, History, Theory, by James Monaco Paperback: Oxford Press; 3rd edition 2000
* Howl, by Allen Ginsburg, 1956, special edition available in the bookstore, or another edition of your choice.

Then, choose one dystopian novel, and one World War II book

Dystopian novels:
* The Dispossessed : A Novel, by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974, Paperback: Perennial; 2003
* Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, 1932; Paperback: Perennial; Reprint 1998
* Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, by George Orwell, 1949, Paperback: Plume, May 2003
* Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, 1953, Paperback: Del Rey; Reissue 1987
* The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth

World War II books:
* Catch 22, by Joseph Heller, 1961, Paperback: Simon & Schuster 1996
* Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, 1969, Paperback: Dell Publishing; 1991
* The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth

The books will be available at the Evergreen bookstore and other sources. All will be on open reserve in the Evergreen Library.

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TESC Evening & Weekend Studies -- Fall/Winter/Spring 2006-2007