I'm listening to one of those Great Courses-type things because I need something I can dip in and out of, and it's by one of my former writing professors, so why not?

This guy cannot reference any literature from after 1950. Catch-22 is as modern as he gets. And while I've read everything he references (because this is what an English degree was), 100% of it is antiquated.

It's so disconnecting. He's teaching folks how to write a stuffy novel, not new, fresh fiction they can connect with.