UMd Pynchon/DeLillo Class

[Ken Jones]

> What I wanted to mention, though, was that I read GR right after 
> graduating from college and so, without other assignments pressing heavy on 
> my mind, was able to take a leisurely five months to read it. I don't 
> think I could have done it any other way. I was able to savor it, put it 
> down and think about it, look up reference materials. In other words, I 
> think anyone who assigns the entire GR isn't doing it justice if they 
> just dedicate a week or three (or four....) and then move on. The beloved 
> monster is big enough to take up an entire class by itself. At least the 
> prof in the PYNCHON/DELILLO class is giving everyone a taste of it. 


Which brings up the question: has anyone here ever taken (or know
of someone who's taken) a course in which the entire GR was
assigned?

I took a course several years ago in which we read ALL of Proust's
Remembrance of Things Past, a novel longer than GR if not denser.
We averaged about 400 pages per week. Enjoyed the book, by the way,
but don't think I'll be signing on to the Proust list anytime 
soon.

KJ