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Hey Guys I'm designing a syllabus for an american lit course I'll be student teaching called "American Literature and Military Narratives" and this is the reading list I've got so far anyone willing to help me expand?
Interwar Period -The 1920s
Dashiell Hammett - Red Harvest, although Maltese Falcon is applicable.
Cold War:
William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch
John Le Carre - The Spy who Came in from the Cold
Vietnam War:
Tim O'Brien - The Things They Carried
Excerpts from Bloods - An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Soldiers by Terry Wallace
Contemporary Warfare:
Brian Turner - Here Bullet
Roy Scranton - War Porn
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>>9135371
>Brian Turner - Here Bullet
This book sucks
Maybe add Yusef Komyakaa's book of poetry Dien Cau Die (or at least I think that is the name) It is incredibly powerful work that would greatly add to your student's understanding of the Vietnam War
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>>9135393
>Dien Cau Die
>Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa
Sorry I am a bit drunk
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>>9135371
Where is the war on drugs?
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>>9135393
i've read dien cai dau and I love it more but i'm trying to keep it to two books per unit. would you recommend another contemporary warfare book so I can drop Turner and Bloods and replace bloods with dien cai dau?
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Trumbo - Johnny Got His Gun
Your curriculum is not complete without this.
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>>9135371
I liked this one, dunno if it could be called a "military narrative" since it's mainly rememberance and flashbacks, but it was cool and "strong" in some way.
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