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MIT OpenCourseWare
Bestsellers: The Memoir
- Instructor
- Dr. Wyn Kelley
- Term
- Spring 2010
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 1 other file · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21L.310 Bestsellers: The Memoir, Spring 2010, Dr. Wyn Kelley — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Course outline
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Lecture 2: Alison Bechdel, Fun Home Author Bio/Reviews
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Lecture 3: Bechdel, Fun Home (cont.) Report: Bechdel’s Use of Comic Book Conventions or Dykes to Watch Out For
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Lecture 4: Tobias Wolff, This Boy’s Life Author Bio/Reviews
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Lecture 5: Wolff, This Boy’s Life (cont.) Report: Geoffrey Wolff and Duke of Deception (1979) or This Boy’s Life , the Film (1993) OR Wolff’s Fiction
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Lecture 6: Edwige Danticat, Brother , I’m Dying Author Bio/Reviews
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Lecture 7: Danticat, Brother Report: Danticat’s Fiction or Haitian Literature Today
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Lecture 8: Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father Report: Obama in 1995
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Lecture 9: Obama, Dreams From My Father (cont.) Report: Audacity of Hope or Dreams and the Presidency
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Lecture 10: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel Report: Author Bio/Reviews
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Lecture 11: Ali, Infidel (cont.) Report: Comparison between Ali and another writer from the syllabus or politico-religious debates around Infidel
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Lecture 12: Conclusion
MIT OpenCourseWare, Dr. Wyn Kelley, 21L.310 Bestsellers: The Memoir, Spring 2010.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Spring 2010 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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