AtD already on a syllabus

[Joshua Lind]

That's an awful lot of reading.  I think it's great that an academic class takes on a novel that's new: English majors need to tackle things that don't already have a thick crust of critical opinion.  But to assign three other Pynchon novels almost ensures that students won't get a good understanding of any of them.  My experience (as a student) has been that discussion suffers when students are asked to read too much; a complex text usually gets breezed through in only the most cursory fashion.

Sincerely,
Josh


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