Below is a collection of handouts, syllabi, and other resources that have been used in the classroom when teaching Philip Roth. They are provided by members of the Philip Roth Society, editorial board members of Philip Roth Studies, and friends of the society who have taught Roth’s books in the past. The contributions are organized by Syllabi, Handouts and Multimedia resources, and are listed with the names of the instructors who created them.
Syllabi
Andrew Gordon
Syllabus for an undergraduate course on major literary figures, focusing on Philip Roth
Derek Parker Royal
Ruth Knafo Setton
Syllabus for an undergraduate course on Roth’s fiction
Handouts
Andrew Gordon
A Glossary for Yiddish in Portnoy’s Complaint
Derek Parker Royal
The narrative structure of The Counterlife
A bibliography used in a discussion on The Human Stain
The narrative adventures of Nathan Zuckerman
Multimedia
James Bloom
PowerPoint presentation on “Defender of the Faith” and “Eli, the Fanatic”
PowerPoint presentation on American Pastoral
PowerPoint presentation on I Married a Communist
PowerPoint presentation on The Human Stain
