Pedagogic Encounters

Aristi Trendel is associate professor at Le Mans University in France.

The academic novel is often spoke of as one large genre. However, it actually includes or mixes several genres, and in this book, Aristi Trendel identifies the striking genre of the “master professor,” not just of an academic field but of their proteges.

• Chapter 1 Lying in the Pedagogical Encounter: Donna Tartt’s The Secret HistoryChapter 2 Mentorship and Gratitude in Lan Samantha Chang’s All is Forgotten, Nothing is LostChapter 3 The Power Differential Between Professor and Student in Francine Prose’s Blue AngelChapter 4 The Myth of the Wounded Healer in Pedagogy: Michael Chabon’s Wonder BoysChapter 5 The Poet and his Translator in John Crowley’s The TranslatorChapter 6 Queering Master and Disciple in Susan Choi’s My EducationChapter 7 Pedagogical Encounters in John Updike’s Roger’s Version and TerroristChapter 8 Master and Disciple in Cities of Light: Saul Bellow’s RavelsteinChapter 9 Embodied Interaffactivity in Russell Banks’ Lost Memory of SkinChapter 10 The Pedagogic Encounter in the Time of the Posthuman: John DeLillo’s Cosmopolis