Teaching Tuesday: David Foster Wallace Teaches Lit
The late David Foster Wallace taught literature at Illinois State from 1993 to 2002. Check out documents from this author/teacher’s course that have been digitized by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
David Foster Wallace’s 1994 Syllabus: How to Teach Serious Literature with Lightweight Books
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As anyone who’s ever done it knows, the art of syllabussing is a fine one. (Yes, it’s a word; don’t look it up, take my word for it—Syllabussing: creating the perfect syllabus for a college-level course).