READING AND ASSIGNMENT
SCHEDULE
This schedule is tentative; it can be modified to meet the needs of this
particular group. You are responsible for any changes announced in class or
over e-mail. Our reading schedule will be demanding and, by necessity, somewhat
uneven, so it is essential that you pace yourself and read ahead whenever
possible. Though we will by necessity discuss most long works over several
class periods, you should plan to have each work read in its entirety by the
first day of discussion. To receive participation credit, texts must always be
brought to class on the day they are to be discussed.
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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1 |
9/5 Course Introduction |
9/7 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1814) |
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2 |
9/12 Austen, Pride and
Prejudice |
9/14 Mary Prince, The
History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave (1831; in Gates, Classic Slave Narratives 249-69) |
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3 |
9/19 Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle
Tom’s Cabin (1851) |
9/21 Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
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4 |
9/26 Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in
the Life of a Slave Girl
(1861) (Prefaces & Chapters 1, 6, 10, 16, 21, 41 in Gates, Classic
Slave Narratives) |
9/28 Reading Day |
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5 |
10/3 Louisa May Alcott, Little
Women, Part I (1868) |
10/5 Louisa May Alcott, Little
Women, Part II (1868) |
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6 |
10/10 Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
"The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892); "Why I Wrote the Yellow
Wallpaper" (1913; online); Susan Glaspell, "A Jury of Her
Peers" (1917; online) |
10/12 Daphne DuMaurier, Rebecca (1936) |
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7 |
10/17 Study Day |
10/19 Midterm Exam |
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8 |
10/24 Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery”
(1948; online); Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You
Been?” (1966; online) |
10/26 Joyce Chopra, Smooth Talk (1986) |
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9 |
10/31 Joyce Carol
Oates, "'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' and "Smooth Talk:
Short Story into Film" (1988; online) |
11/2 Shirley
Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House (1966) |
|
10 |
11/7 Alice Walker, “Everyday Use”
(1973; online) |
11/9 Prep day: work on group presentations |
|
11 |
11/14 Toni Morrison, Beloved (1988) |
11/16 Morrison, Beloved |
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12 |
11/21 Conferences |
11/23 Thanksgiving Holiday |
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13 |
11/28 Helen Fielding, Bridget
Jones’ Diary (1996) |
11/30 Editing Workshop: Complete Typed Draft of Essay Due |
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14 |
12/5 Jane Campion, The Piano (1993) Essay Due |
12/7 Campion, The Piano |
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15 |
12/12 Donna Tartt, The Little Friend (2003) |
12/14 Tartt, The Little Friend |
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Final Exam |
Monday 12/18 4:00-5:55 p.m. in H403 [PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE] |
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