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We're currently discussing J.D. Salinger's [http://www.amazon.com/Franny-Zooey-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769029/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282784063&sr=1-1 Frannie and Zooey], and [http://oyc.yale.edu/english/american-novel-since-1945/content/sessions/session-10-j.-d.-salinger-franny-and-zooey Professor Hungerford's lecture on the book].   
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We're currently reading John Barth's [http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Funhouse-Anchor-Literary-Library/dp/0385240872 Lost in the Funhouse], and [http://oyc.yale.edu/english/american-novel-since-1945/content/sessions/session-11-john-barth-lost-in-the-funhouse Professor Hungerford's lecture on the book].   
'''The MetaChat discussion went up on 10/18/10'''.  In a MetaChat thread posted on 10/25/2010, we are also discussing which book in the syllabus to read next.
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'''The MetaChat discussion will go up on 12/6/10'''.  In a MetaChat thread posted on 12/20/2010, we will discuss which book in the syllabus to read next.
  
 
==Past Books & Discussions==
 
==Past Books & Discussions==

Revision as of 15:53, 27 October 2010

Summary

This book club meets every 4-8 weeks in a MetaChat thread to discuss a book chosen from the Open Yale Course on The American Novel Since 1945. Aren't you glad we aren't responsible for writing any papers or taking a final exam?

The way this works is that you read the current book, read or watch or listen to the associated lecture by Professor Amy Hungerford or her guest lecturer, then join the MetaChat thread about the book.

Resources

Joining the book club is easy! Get yourself a copy of the current book and show up in the metachat discussion. That's it!

Current Book and Discussion Date

We're currently reading John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse, and Professor Hungerford's lecture on the book. The MetaChat discussion will go up on 12/6/10. In a MetaChat thread posted on 12/20/2010, we will discuss which book in the syllabus to read next.

Past Books & Discussions

  • 09 March 2010: On Richard Wright's Black Boy [1]
  • 21 April 2010: On Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood [2]
  • 15 June 2010: On Vladmir Nabakov's Lolita [3]
  • 16 August 2010: On Jack Kerouac's On the Road [4]
  • 25 October 2010: On J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey [5]

History of the Book Club

This book club was started in 2009 by Shothotbot [6], and continued by bearwife [7]. If you'd prefer to jump ahead to another book in the syllabus, feel free to raise that in a discussion thread here in MeCha. If there is a dispute, majority vote wins. Until we finish the current syllabus of the Open Yale course, however, book club choices will be drawn from it. After that, it would be great to choose other books to discuss.

A former MetaChat book club was run in 2006 by Eideteker. The booklist for that series was: