I love Donnelly!!! If you do the readings and pay attention in lecture (take notes), he tells you what's on the midterm.

The class itself is interesting and so are the novels we read. We also watched Ex Machina. The midterm is pretty much just stuff discussed in lecture but some of it was REALLY specific and it wasn't made very clear what to study. Additionally no grade I received was ever actually uploaded to Canvas. Still a fun class though!!

This was a hard class as a non English major. Unfair grading across TAs and grading expectations were not explicit. Lectures consisted of plot summaries rather than the deep insightful analyses needed to succeed on essays and the midterm. My grades were never imputed into canvas, so I don't even know what I got on the final.

Amazing professor, his class is so interesting and the required reading is fire.

My least favorite class so far at UCSB, the midterm was ridiculous and not many people did well. Be careful with your TA they have all the power. Not many people succeeded with a certain TA.

Professor Donnelly is odd. He's incredibly funny and a pretty captivating lecturer but if you interact with him outside of the lecture hall he's extremely rude. I spoke with him outside of class a lot and can say I rarely had a good experience. So, while as a professor he's great, be prepared for the whiplash of speaking with him outside of class