My Fake College Syllabus

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This Column first appeared in Salon and is reposted here with permission.

As your professor, I plan to take your money, never read your essays and pretend you’re not checking Facebook.     By Adam Mansbach

The following syllabus is for my new class, English 401: The Short Novel, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:10-2:50pm.

Course Description In this class, we will analyze some of World Literature’s greatest short novels in an attempt to interrogate the essence of plot and character while reading as few words as possible. Each class session will begin

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