Requirements

Attendance is necessary in summer courses, where every week equals three of the regular semester; deductions for missed classes or partial classes will be taken from final grade after any more than two full missed classes.

489 students have two writing requirements: 

• Two three page papers, one on each Fitzgerald novel;
• On the day of each of four exams, one question on the text covered with a response typed out--one page.

589 students have two requirements:

• An essay modeled after a ten page conference paper (I recommend a topic derived from the work of Ernest Hemingway to combine this with your presentation topic);
• Presentation, preferably with at least one other student, on an assigned topic--may be the same as the paper topic, with the presentation due early, paper on the final day of class.

 Topics: 

1. The writing of The Sun Also Rises, including the involvement of Fitzgerald in the editing and publication of the novel; 
2. The place and meaning of bullfights in The Sun Also Rises, including Hemingway's involvement in the Spanish bullfight; 
3. World War I and the lost generation; 
4. Causes and development of the Spanish Civil War, including Hemingway's engagement;
5. Presentation/discussion of a short story by Ernest Hemingway.