In “‘I Urge You to Drop E67-02’: Course Syllabi by Famous Authors,” Emily Temple collects actual syllabi for college literature courses taught by David Foster Wallace, Katie Roiphe, Zadie Smith, and others.
Aside from Lynda Barry’s legal pad doodle, for a course which encourages students to “use up your crayons,” they don’t look that unfamiliar. Indeed, Wallace’s syllabi are remarkably similar to what Steven Taylor and I were writing fifteen years ago.
