We'll plan to dismiss class a little early, so any who want to attend can get over to the JUB before the pizza (and the people) get gone.
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FYI, my Spring '26 upper division course:
MALA (Master of Liberal Arts) 6050-
Philosophy in Recent American Fiction
Meeting Tuesdays at 6 pm, James Union Building 202
We'll all read three recent (=21st century) novels together – Richard Ford’s Be Mine, Richard
Powers’s Playground, and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s 36 Arguments for the Existence of
God: A Work of Fiction – and each of us will additionally read and report on either a fourth novel
of your choice, or on a specific author’s life and works.*
*Some possible fourth choices (to name just a few), for individual reports:
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (2022) - Explores themes of memory, connection, and
digital surveillance. Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner (2024) - Considers whether the path to
emancipation from what ails modern life is not revolt, but a return to the ancient past. Demon
Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2024) - a new take on Dickens's Copperfield. Flight
Behavior by Kingsolver (2012) - Explores climate change, ecological disruption, and
human responsibility. Any of the other Frank Bascombe novels by Richard Ford. Any other
Richard Powers novels. Any other Rebecca Goldstein novels…
For more information:
● phil.oliver@mtsu.edu
● https://prafmtsu.blogspot.com/
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