Blog posts are due by 11:59pm on the dates indicated.<\/p>\n
Note that the page numbers for The Savage Detectives refer to the PDF I am providing<\/a>. 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n week 1 (Jan 8): Introductions, Microfictions, and Beginnings week 2 (Jan 15): Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Savage Detectives<\/em> I (1\u2013124 in the PDF<\/a>; 3\u2013139 in Picador edition) week 3 (Jan 22): Poetry, from Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Unknown University<\/em> week 4 (Jan 29): Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Savage Detectives<\/em> II (125\u2013182 in the PDF<\/a>; 143\u2013205 in Picador edition) week 5 (Feb 5): Middles week 6 (Feb 12): Novellas: Roberto Bola\u00f1o, Amulet<\/em> February 19: No class, midterm break<\/p>\n week 7 (Feb 26): Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Savage Detectives<\/em> III (183\u2013354 in the PDF<\/a>; 206\u2013399 in Picador edition) week 8 (Mar 5): Short Stories, from Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Collected Short Stories<\/em> week 9 (Mar 12): Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Savage Detectives<\/em> IV (355\u2013523 in the PDF<\/a>; 400\u2013588 in Picador edition) week 10 (Mar 19): Essays, Articles, and Speeches, from Roberto Bola\u00f1o, Between Parentheses<\/em> week 11 (Mar 26): Roberto Bola\u00f1o, The Savage Detectives<\/em> V (525\u2013577 in the PDF<\/a>; 589\u2013648 in Picador edition) week 12 (Apr 2): Endings week 13 (Apr 9): Conclusions Apr 18: for RMST 520 students: final paper due<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading
\nIn-class reading and writing
\nIntroductory blog post due (Jan 9)<\/p>\n
\nFirst Bola\u00f1o blog post due (Jan 14)<\/p>\n
\nIn-class reading and writing
\nFirst self-selected reading blog post due (Jan 21)
\nPresentation(s) I: theories of the novel; the novel and the epic<\/p>\n
\nSecond Bola\u00f1o blog post due (Jan 28)<\/p>\n
\nSecond self-selected reading blog post due (Feb 4)
\nPresentation(s) II: the phenomenology of reading<\/p>\n
\nThird Bola\u00f1o blog post due (Feb 11)<\/p>\n
\nFourth Bola\u00f1o blog post due (Feb 25)<\/p>\n
\nIn-class reading and writing
\nThird self-selected reading blog post due (Mar 4)<\/p>\n
\nPresentation(s) III: theories of narrative
\nFifth Bola\u00f1o blog post due (Mar 11)<\/p>\n
\nIn-class reading and writing
\nFourth self-selected reading blog post due (Mar 18)
\nFor RMST 520 students: 250-word abstract\/proposal due for final paper<\/em>
\nPresentation(s) IV: long novels, status, and commodification<\/p>\n
\nSixth Bola\u00f1o blog post due (Mar 25)<\/p>\n
\nFifth self-selected reading blog post due (Apr 1)
\nPresentation(s) V: reading in an age of distraction, reading alongside AI<\/p>\n
\nConcluding blog post due (Apr 8)<\/p>\n