Blog posts are due by 11:59pm on the dates indicated.
Note that the page numbers for The Savage Detectives refer to the PDF I am providing. I have just noticed that the physical Picador edition that I bought a few weeks ago has a different pagination. I have clarified the page numbers below accordingly.
week 1 (Jan 8): Introductions, Microfictions, and Beginnings
In-class reading and writing
Introductory blog post due (Jan 9)
week 2 (Jan 15): Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives I (1–124 in the PDF; 3–139 in Picador edition)
First Bolaño blog post due (Jan 14)
week 3 (Jan 22): Poetry, from Roberto Bolaño, The Unknown University
In-class reading and writing
First self-selected reading blog post due (Jan 21)
Presentation(s) I: theories of the novel; the novel and the epic
week 4 (Jan 29): Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives II (125–182 in the PDF; 143–205 in Picador edition)
Second Bolaño blog post due (Jan 28)
week 5 (Feb 5): Middles
Second self-selected reading blog post due (Feb 4)
Presentation(s) II: the phenomenology of reading
week 6 (Feb 12): Novellas: Roberto Bolaño, Amulet
Third Bolaño blog post due (Feb 11)
February 19: No class, midterm break
week 7 (Feb 26): Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives III (183–354 in the PDF; 206–399 in Picador edition)
Fourth Bolaño blog post due (Feb 25)
week 8 (Mar 5): Short Stories, from Roberto Bolaño, The Collected Short Stories
In-class reading and writing
Third self-selected reading blog post due (Mar 4)
Presentation(s) III: theories of narrative
week 9 (Mar 12): Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives IV (355–523 in the PDF; 400–588 in Picador edition)
Fifth Bolaño blog post due (Mar 8)
week 10 (Mar 19): Essays, Articles, and Speeches, from Roberto Bolaño, Between Parentheses
In-class reading and writing
Fourth self-selected reading blog post due (Mar 18)
Presentation(s) IV: long novels, status, and commodification
week 11 (Mar 26): Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives V (525–577 in the PDF; 589–648 in Picador edition)
Sixth Bolaño blog post due (Mar 25)
week 12 (Apr 2): Endings
Sixth self-selected reading blog post due (Apr 1)
Presentation(s) V: reading in an age of distraction, reading alongside AI
week 13 (Apr 9): Conclusions
Concluding blog post due (Apr 8)