The Bass GradCast

03: Jonathan Sonnier on The Novel, Ethics, and Pedagogy


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We’re starting off this new semester of the Bass GradCast with Literature PhD Candidate Jonathan Sonnier and a discussion of his commitment to the novel as an ethical project and how this shapes his pedagogy. Jonathan dives deep into his own interest in Toni Morrison and William Faulkner in his dissertation writing, the importance of being personally invested in your dissertation topic, and practical advice for preparing for the long-haul in your dissertation.


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  1. The Novel and the New Ethics by Dorothy Hale

  2. Seven Modes of Uncertainty by Namwali Serpell

  3. The Green Breast of the New World: Landscape, Gender, and American Fiction by Louise H. Westing

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