Week 1 – Course Introduction
9/5: Discuss Syllabus
Week 2 – Short Stories
M: 9/10
Read BEFORE class: Stories on handout
Due: Homework #1 & Bookshelf Selection
W: 9/12
Read BEFORE class: Aimee Bender “The Rememberer,” (pg. 85), William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” (pg. 146) + Commentary (pg. 595), Junot Diaz “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” (pg. 123)
Due: Homework #2
REMINDER: You must bring your bookshelf selection to class!
Week 3 – Short Stories
M: 9/17
Read BEFORE class: Gabriel Garcia Marquez “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” (pg. 166), Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” (pg. 235), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper,” (pg. 172)
Due: Homework #3
W: 9/19
Read BEFORE class: Flannery O’Connor “Good Country People” (pg. 433), Brad Watson “Seeing Eye” (pg. 552), and Caitlin Horrocks’ “Disembodied” (handout)
Due: Homework #4
Week 4 – Short Stories
M: 9/24
Read BEFORE class: Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going …” (pg. 406) and Edward P. Jones “Bad Neighbors” (pg. 247)
Due: Homework #5
W: 9/26
Read BEFORE class: Lorrie Moore “How to Become a Writer” (pg. 379) and Franz Kafka “Metamorphosis” (pg. 278) + List of Approved Topics (handout)
Due: Homework #6 & Selected Topic for Essay #1
Week 5 – Short Stories
M: 10/1
Read BEFORE class: Handout
Due: Outline for Essay #1
W: 10/3
Read BEFORE class: Handout
Due: Rough Draft of Essay #1
Week 6 – Short Stories
M: 10/8
COLLEGE CLOSED FOR COLUMBUS DAY
W: 10/10
Read BEFORE class: N/A
Due: N/A
Week 7 – Drama
M: 10/15
Read BEFORE class: Act 1 of A Doll’s House
Due: Homwork #7 & Peer Review
W: 10/17
Read BEFORE class: Act 2 of A Doll’s House
Due: Final Draft of Essay #1
Week 8 – Drama
M: 10/22
Read BEFORE class: Act 3 of A Doll’s House
Due: Homework #8
W: 10/24
Read BEFORE class: Rest of A Doll's House
Due: Homework #9
Week 9 – Drama
M: 10/29
Read BEFORE class: First section of Oedipus + Commentary
Due: Homework #10
W: 10/31 *Play Screening*
Read BEFORE class: Second Section of Oedipus
Due: Homework #11 + Topic Selection for Essay #2
Week 10 – Drama
M: 11/5 Third Section of Oedipus
Read BEFORE class: Handout
Due: Outline for Essay #2
W: 11/7 *Play Screening*
Read BEFORE class: Handout
Due: Rough Draft of Essay #2
Week 11 – Poetry
M: 11/12
COLLEGE CLOSED FOR VETERAN’S DAY!
REMINDER: Read Peer’s Essay!!!
W: 11/14
Read BEFORE class: Assorted Poems TBA
Due: Homework #12 + Peer Review Letter
Week 12 – Poetry
M: 11/19
Read BEFORE class: Your selected poem + page 699 - 726
Due: Using what you have learned in the assigned reading above, analyze how sound works in your poem.
W: 11/20
Read BEFORE class: Presentation Guidelines
Due: Rough Draft of Essay #2
Week 13 – Poetry
M: 11/26
Read BEFORE class: pgs. 727 – 745 Assorted Poems TBA ___________________
Due: Homework #13 & Outline for Presentation
W: 11/28
Read BEFORE class: Assorted Poems TBA
Due: Presentations, Group 1
Week 14 – Poetry
M: 12/3
Read BEFORE class: TBA
Due: First Draft of Essay #3 + Presentations, Group 2
W: 12/5
Read BEFORE class: TBA
Due: Presentations, Group 3
Week 15 – Poetry
M: 12/10
Read BEFORE class: TBA
Due: Presentations, Group 4
W: 12/12 –
Read BEFORE class: TBA
Due: Rough Draft of Critical Review of Bookshelf Title + Presentations, Group 5
Week 16 – Finals
12/17: NO REGULAR CLASS. FINAL PORTFOLIO (includes final draft of Essay #4) DUE BY 5PM.
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