LIT2090: Contemporary Literature ONLINE

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The class begins online on January 12, 2009
Check your MCC email account before January 12 for important information.

Unit 1: Narrative Voice Peter Matthiessen Narrator Reports Narrative Stances	Unit 2: Genre Genre Panels and Book Review Genre Links	Unit 3: Poetry and Theatre Poetry Anthology Theatre Review Local Theatres	Unit 4: Magical Realism Magical Realism Magical Realism Links
Literature Links	Extra Credit	Contemporary Authors	PPT Presentations

The class begins online on January 12, 2009
Check your MCC email account before January 12 for important information

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Class Meetings:	Thursdays, 7-10 pm: 2/5, 3/5, 4/2 and 4/30
Lakewood Ranch CIT Center:	Room 142; Lakewood Ranch: map and phone
Email Address:	jonesj@mccfl.edu
Office Hours:	one-half hour before and after class meetings
Instructor’s Web Page:	http://faculty.mccfl.edu/jonesj/JAJones.html
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if you register and then decide not to take the class,
please drop the class immediately,
so that students waiting to register can be admitted.