I have homework for next fall. It's April. Thank you, Dr. Chapman.

The good news is that both of the books I have to read, although 1400 pages total, are both fiction and sound pretty cool (Doris Lessing's _The Golden Notebook_ and Thomas Pynchon's _Gravity's Rainbow_, if you're interested). The best part, however, is Chapman's online syllabus, which says that "you must make a serious attempt to read every important work of criticism ever published on your specific topic (excluding dissertations), as well as (where appropriate) the most relevant and useful theoretical sources."

Let the fun begin.