Reading List for ENGL 459: Disaster Fiction (Fall 2009)

Here’s the official reading list for ENGL 459 on Disaster Fiction, along with a quick breakdown of the class’s organization:

Part I: The Disaster Novel

• Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Part II: The Postmodern Disaster Novel

• White Noise by Don DeLillo

Part III: Apocalyptic Journeys

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Part IV: The Disaster of History

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

You can find a more visual display of the reading list as well.