University of Reddit : Book Club: The Handmaid’s Tale

Book Club: The Handmaid’s Tale

Each month we will select a book to read, break down it down into two sections, and have two discussion about it on the UReddit subreddit. At the final week of discussions you all will get to suggest and vote for the next month’s book. The only requirement is that the book must be available in a digital version to make it easily accessible.

Lectures

Discussion 1
Chapter 1-23
Discussion 2
Chapter 24-46

Prerequisites

Just be interested in reading, and come ready with questions and answers.

Syllabus

NOTE: The weekly discussion will be posted to /r/universityofreddit with [Book Club] in the title. Questions? Send them to @thejournalizer

Class Launch: Thursday, February 7, 2013

Read section 1: Chapter 1-23 due by discussion 1.

Discussion 1: February 20

Read section 2: Chapter 24-46 due by discussion 2.

Discussion 2: March 6 - Also suggest books for March’s selection due to start on March 8

Additional information

February Selection: The Time Machine The book will be broken down into four sections, with four weekly discussions. Because the book is only 80 pages or so, it should be a very simple read and easy to keep up with the rest of the class.

Amazon (does include ref link) - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JFJHTS/ref=asliqfspasiniltl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003JFJHTS&linkCode=as2&tag=opencomp-20

Apple iBooks link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-handmaids-tale/id429708213?mt=11

Web based version: Not sure about legit sites, but you can do a search and find it

SparkNotes: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/handmaid/

Teacher qualifications

Master's in communications. I'm sure that relates some how to reading a book. I'm also your friendly UReddit CM/mod.