This guy's lectures are him reading essays other people have written on the books he assigns. You can find them all online. His opinions are ridiculous, but are apparently the only right ones. Extremely boring and not worth it for the GE. However, get a good TA, draft your final and midterm essays before class and you'll get an A.

uses unnecessarily large words, pontificates if you will. shoves his view down your throat, even though his interpretation can be ridiculous. and has you read alot even for a literature class. to ace this class: buy online summaries instead of books, write down every page reference from lecture and discussion, and regurgate everything on the final.

Very insightful professor, lots of reading though. Very helpful and knowledgeable; the midterm is timed essays, the final is a paper. If you aren't a literature person, might not want to take this class as the lectures are based completely on the novels you read.

Professor lets the students do a lot of the talking. He seems to want the class to get to the point that he has in mind, it means we have to listen to a lot of random comments by the class before we get to the point. All in all, the class is pretty easy, just show up and write a few papers.

Very great class! Luved the reading Cuz it was very interesting! I recommend if u like to read and if u like writing papers...

Really cool class. I loved it. Even though there is a lot of reading I had fun reading the books. Section is mandatory every week, but it's not that bad because it usually interesting. I suggest this course if you're not taking a heavy load, otherwise it might be too much reading for you.

lots of reading. weekly quizzes in section, but not difficult if you read. some of the books are boring and some are better. not a very hard class. you can pretty much write anything as long as you have evidence to back up your thesis. he gives you options on the test, so you don't have to do all of the questions. take this class!

Very much a literature based class, so unless you're used to, or like, English/Lit-type classes, it can be a lot of work and confusing. However, he's very insightful and has really great ideas. Really knowledgeable about the historical background and his points really help in learning how to appreciate the books. Great prof!

I'm not a big fan of this guy. Lectures consist of nothing but reading his awkwardly written notes aloud. Seems to like to find the most convoluted way possible to make his point. His exam questions and exam instructions are very unclear, wordy. Your TA does all the grading, and my TA (M Kwon) was very clear about things, and very good in general.

Great class, and Jim is an excellent professor. A lot of reading, but the books are interesting. I enjoyed his teaching; it is more discussion than just plain lectures. He always invites the class to share and has a lot of interesting thoughts about the books. Highly recommend both the class and the professor.

Class is pretty easy and straight forward. You get to read some interesting novels, but can be much at times. Lecture is boring and uninteresting. Didn't really need to take notes. He basically recaps what is going on in the book and reads from his notes. Midterm and final is pretty simple. Nonetheless, a pretty insightful class.

he's nice. he's helpful. he's easy. and hey, he's cute.