FYS 102 Supplemental Texts

Examples of Supplemental Texts for FYS 102


Texts:
      Johnson, We
      Campbell, The Stem of Jesse
      Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
      Gambetta, Primo Levi’s Last Moments
      “Declaration of Independence”
      Constitution of the United States
      Conrad, Heart of Darkness
      Sinclair, The Jungle
      Barber, Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World
      King, Jr., “Letter from the Birmingham Jail”
      Camus, The Plague
      Bellamy, Looking Backward: 2000-1887
      Kozol, Savage Inequalities
      Matthews, Those Bright College Years
      Talbot, “A Mighty Fortress”
      Schlosser, excerpts from Fast Food Nation
      Butler, Kindred
      Wiesel, Night
      Wiesenthal, Sunflower
      The Bible: Gospel of John, Jeremiah, Amos
      Selections from the Qur'an
      Huxley, Brave New World
      Rogers, The Dream of the Marsh Wren
      Mill, On Liberty
      Gospel of Thomas
      Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
      O'Brien, The Things They Carried
      Kozol, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
      Orwell, Animal Farm
      Heschel, Man is Not Alone
      Shakespeare, Macbeth
      Prejean, Dead Man Walking
      Carr, Killing Time
      Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
      Ehrenreich, Nickled and Dimed
      Camus, The Stranger
      Levitt and Dubner, Freakonomics
      Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
      Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here
      Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
      Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families

Short Stories:
      Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
      O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
      Borges, “The Gospel According to Mark”
      Mason, “Shiloh”
      Oates, “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?”
      Jackson, “The Lottery”
      Carver, “A Small, Good Thing”
      Moore, “How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)”
      Cheever, “Reunion”
      Baldwin, “Sonny's Blues”
      Melville, “Benito Cereno”
      Conrad, “The Secret Sharer”

Films:
      The Fisher King
      Cool Hand Luke
      Amistad
      Schindler’s List
      Apocalypse Now
      Oedipus
      Antigone