{"id":5563,"date":"2017-06-11T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T15:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=5563"},"modified":"2017-10-14T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T01:40:18","slug":"the-hamline-review-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2017\/06\/the-hamline-review-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hamline Review: Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now here&#8217;s an overview of my homework. Specifically, it&#8217;s just half of my homework: I&#8217;m not listing all of the work I produced &#8211; the papers I wrote, the tests I took, or the online &#8216;discussions&#8217; I was involved in. Instead, I&#8217;m only going to list the half I consumed.<\/p>\n<p>First, the books. Here&#8217;s every book assigned in my classes, along with notes, where applicable:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"wp-table-reloaded-id-19-no-1\" class=\"wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-19\">\n<thead>\n\t<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t\t<th class=\"column-1\">#<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Class<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Book Title<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Author<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Notes<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\t<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American History 1607-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Slavery, American Freedom<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Morgan, Edmund S.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American History 1607-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Letters from an American Farmer<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">St. John De Crevecoeur, J. Hector<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Only assigned to read the Introduction and chapters 2,3,4,5,9, and 12<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American History 1607-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Revolution: A History, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Wood, Gordon S.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American History 1607-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Remini, Robert V.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American History 1607-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Reformers, 1815-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Walters, Ronald G.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American History 1607-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lincoln at Gettysburg<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Wills, Gary<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thomas and Beulah<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Dove, Rita<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Despite being <100 pages, I didn't finish this one. I don't really like poetry. Still got an A- on the paper, though.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Almost an Evening<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coen, Ethan<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Raisin in the Sun, a<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Hansberry, Lorraine<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lovely Bones, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Sebold, Alice<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Best American Short Stories of 2009, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American Literatures (to 1860)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol. A, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Didn't have to read the whole thing, but big chunks<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American Literatures (to 1860)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Douglass, Frederick<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I read this years earlier, and decided to reread it for class<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American Literatures (to 1860)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol. B, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">See Volume A's note, above<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">American Literatures (to 1860)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bartleby, the Scrivener<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Melville, Herman<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Women and Literature<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pride and Prejudice<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Austen, Jane<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Of the books I completed reading, this was my least favorite.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Women and Literature<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Wuthering Heights<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Bront\u00eb, Emily<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Women and Literature<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brokeback Mountain<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Proulx, Anna<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">At 56 pages, this is the shortest book on this list.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to US History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pivotal Decades<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cooper, Jr., John Milton<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to US History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Patterson, James T.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">At 830 pages, this is the longest book on the list that I read in its entirety<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to US History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Patterson, James T.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Literary and Cultural Theory<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Theory Toolbox, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Nealon, Jeffrey \/ Searles Giroux, Susan<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Literary and Cultural Theory<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Twain, Mark<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I read this years earlier, and didn't reread it for class<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Literary and Cultural Theory<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Piano Lesson, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Wilson, August<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Literary and Cultural Theory<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Diving Into the Wreck<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Rich, Adrienne<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Making of African America, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Berlin, Ira<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mercy, a<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Morrison, Toni<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Twelve Years a Slave<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Northup, Solomon<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Women, Race, and Class<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Davis, Angela Y.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brothers and Keepers<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Wideman, John Edgar<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">From Black Power to Hip Hop<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Collins, Patricia<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I decided not to finish this one.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">32<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dead Until Dark<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harris, Charlaine<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Only assigned chapters 1 and 2, but I read the whole thing.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cults in America<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Revivalism, Social Conscience, and Community in the Burned-Over District<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Altschuler, Glenn C. \/ Saltzgaber, Jan M.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">34<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cults in America<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Seventh-Day Adventists and the Civil Rights Movement<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">London, Samuel G.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cults in America<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Wessinger, Catherine<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">36<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cults in America<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Tabor, James D. \/ Gallagher, Eugene V.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-38 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">37<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">History of Jehovah's Witnesses<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Holden, Andrew<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-39 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">38<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">History of Jehovah's Witnesses<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Captives of a Concept<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cameron, Don<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-40 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">39<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Horror<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cherry, Bridgid<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-41 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">40<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pretend We're Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Newitz, Annalee<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-42 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">41<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Censorship in Films<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, 1928-1942, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Jacobs, Lea<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-43 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">42<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Censorship in Films<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle over Censorship Saved the Modern Film Industry<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lewis, Jon<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-44 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">43<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Censorship in Films<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Has Hollywood Lost Its Mind?: A Parent's Guide to Movie Ratings<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Hicks, Chris<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-45 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">44<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Censorship in Films<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Naked Truth: Why Hollywood Doesn't Make X-Rated Movies, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Sandler, Kevin S.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-46 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">45<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Historical Methods<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Return of Martin Guerre, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Davis, Natalie Zemon<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-47 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">46<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Historical Methods<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story From Early America, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Demos, John<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-48 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">47<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Historical Methods<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Turabian, Kate<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Only had to read chapters 1,9-14<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-49 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">48<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Historical Methods<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pursuit of History, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Tosh, John<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-50 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">49<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Home and the World, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Tagore, Rabindranath<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-51 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">50<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cracking India<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Sidhwa, Bapsi<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-52 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">51<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Anil's Ghost<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Ondaatje, Michael<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-53 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">52<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Red Azalea<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Min, Anchee<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-54 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">53<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Artist of the Floating World, an<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Ishiguro, Kazuo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-55 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">54<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Obasan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Kogawa, Joy<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-56 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">55<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postman (Il Postino), the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Skarmeta, Antonio<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">This technically wasn't assigned, but my group had to divide up the work of presenting about the film Il Postino, and I opted to compare it with the novel. <\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-57 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">56<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reform Movements in American History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Reformers, 1815-1860<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Walters, Ronald G.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I had to read this before (see #5), so I didn't reread it for this class.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-58 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">57<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reform Movements in American History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Davis, Allen F.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I didn't finish this one.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-59 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">58<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reform Movements in American History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Leuchtenburg, William E.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-60 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">59<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reform Movements in American History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mad Among Us: A History of the Care of America's Mentally Ill, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Grob, Gerald N.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-61 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">60<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reform Movements in American History<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Farber, David<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-62 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">61<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Blind Assassin, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Atwood, Margaret<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-63 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">62<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">B\u00e9rub\u00e9, Michael<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Only had to read chapters 1 and 2.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-64 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">63<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Levine, Caroline<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-65 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">64<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Crying of Lot 49, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Pynchon, Thomas<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-66 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">65<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Osama: A Novel<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Tidhar, Lavie<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I didn't finish this one.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-67 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">66<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tales of the Metric System<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coovadia, Imraan<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">I didn't finish this one.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>As you can see, I didn&#8217;t read everything that was assigned. But I read most of the books and, even those I didn&#8217;t finish, I still read large swaths of them. Every class assigned critical essays, articles, or short stories, too, and I usually read those. All together, my readings represented around 15,000 pages.<\/p>\n<p>And here are the films &#8211; including a couple TV miniseries &#8211; that I was assigned to watch for class:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"wp-table-reloaded-id-20-no-1\" class=\"wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-20\">\n<thead>\n\t<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t\t<th class=\"column-1\">#<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Class<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Movie Title<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Movie Release Year<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Notes<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\t<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Limbo<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1999<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lovely Bones, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Raisin in the Sun, a<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1961<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Textual Studies and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Raisin in the Sun, a<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Women and Literature<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bridget Jones's Diary<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Women and Literature<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Piano, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1993<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Women and Literature<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brokeback Mountain<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2005<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Literary and Cultural Theory<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Piano Lesson, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1995<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to African-American Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Daughters of the Dust<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1991<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nosferatu<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1922<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Beloved<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1998<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Night of the Hunter, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1955<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Eve's Bayou<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1997<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Deliverance<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1972<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Night of the Living Dead<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1968<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sugar Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1974<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1974<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pumpkinhead<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1988<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Near Dark<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1987<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Silence of the Lambs, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1991<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Wild at Heart<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Doe Boy, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Night the Hogs Ate Willie, the<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Beast of the Southern Wild<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; didn't watch it again<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cults in America<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cults in America<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Experience: God in America (parts 1-6), the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">This was a PBS miniseries, so technically not a movie, but still pretty long.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Safe Haven<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Short film - still counts<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Haunting, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1963<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Shining, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1980<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Blair Witch Project, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1999<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Halloween<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1978<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Zodiac<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">32<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Woman, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thing, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1951<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">34<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thing, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1982<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ganja and Hess<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1973<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">36<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">White Zombie<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1932<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-38 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">37<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dawn of the Dead<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1978<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-39 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">38<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">American Zombie<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-40 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">39<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cabin in the Woods, the<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-41 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">40<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">L\u00e5t den R\u00e4tte Komma In (Let the Right One In)<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-42 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">41<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">There Will Be Blood<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; didn't watch it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-43 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">42<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Horror Film<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Twelve Years a Slave<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; didn't watch it again<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-44 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">43<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Censorship in Films<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">This Film is Not Yet Rated<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; didn't watch it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-45 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">44<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Historical Methods<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Retour de Martin Guerre, le (The Return of Martin Guerre)<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1982<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-46 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">45<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World)<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1984<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-47 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">46<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">In the Time of the Butterflies<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-48 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">47<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Diarios de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-49 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">48<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">World Literatures<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postino, Il<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1994<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-50 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">49<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">After Hours<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1985<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-51 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">50<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Magnolia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1999<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Already seen; watched it again.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-52 even\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">51<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">When the Levees Broke<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">TV miniseries, still counts.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row-53 odd\">\n\t\t<td class=\"column-1\">52<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1997<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>A few were viewed in class, there was one I saw at the theater (<em>The Lovely Bones<\/em>), two of them I had to show up on campus at special times to watch an out-of-class viewing, and the rest I watched at home. 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