Part I. Disc 1. Lecture 1 : Artful reading and everyday reading ; Lecture 2 : Authors, real and implied
Disc 2. Lecture 3 : Narrators
-their voices and their visions ; Lecture 4 : Characters
Disc 3. Lecture 5 : Descriptions
-people, places, and things ; Lecture 6 : Minimalists to maximalists to lyricists
Disc 4. Lecture 7 : Explosive devices
-irony and ambiguity ; Lectures 8 : Reading for the plot
Disc 5. Lecture 9 : Master plots
-the stranger and the journey ; Lecture 10 : The game is afoot
Disc 6. Lecture 11 : The plot thickens
-Scott and Bronte ; Lecture 12 : The plot vanishes
Part II. Disc 7. Lecture 13 : Chapters, patterns, and rhythms ; Lecture 14 : Scene and summary, showing and telling
Disc 8. Lecture 15 : Subtexts, motives, and secrets ; Lecture 16 : Dialogue
-The good, the bad, the ugly
Disc 9. Lecture 17 : Metafiction
-fiction about fiction ; Lecture 18 : Adaptation
Disc 10. Lecture 19 : Realism times four ; Lecture 20 : Thumbs up?
-interpretation and evaluation
Disc 11. Lecture 21 : A long story short
-"Runaway" ; Lecture 22 : A classic novel
Disc 12. Lecture 23 : A baggy monster
-War and Peace ; Lecture 24 : Picking up the tools.