The Drowned World

Some Outside Sources:

http://www.jgballard.ca/criticism/jgb_drowned_world.html

http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/62/rossi62art.htm

http://www.foliosociety.com/book/DRW/drowned-world

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10273413/Will-Self-on-JG-Ballards-The-Drowned-World.html

Outside Sources for Blindness

http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/688/865

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/CRIT.45.3.293-308?journalCode=vcrt20#.VBhNCv4cy70

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/EXPL.64.2.119-121?journalCode=vexp20#.VBhNcP4cy70

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07494460600647543#.VBhNlf4cy70

http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/30/25/3141.short

Blindness

Here are some reviews for the novel:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/04/reviews/981004.04millert.html

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132292587/in-saramagos-blindness-a-vision-of-human-nature

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/apr/15/featuresreviews.guardianreview16

http://www.thenewcanon.com/blindness.html





Blindness as a literary device:

http://www.read-irresponsibly.com/2007/05/blindness-jose-saramago/

Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Literature

As We discussed in class today, this course will focus on the genre of Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Literature. We'll read a number of novels, short stories and watch films that deal with the genre. Here are some links to help get started:

http://io9.com/5392430/research-reveals-that-apocalyptic-stories-changed-dramatically-20-years-ago

http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/4399/what-is-apocalyptic-literature

http://sites.silaspartners.com/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID34418_CHID137699_CIID2304042,00.html

http://www.revelation.giffmex.org/?p=71

http://theambulantscholar.com/2012/07/14/teaching-genre-and-convetion-using-the-post-apocalyptic-narrative-part-i/

http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.4/187/4%2015%202010%20Karl%20Becker.pdf?sequence=1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/boria-sax-/apocalypse-no-more-post-a_b_4994358.html