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ENGL 3333 READING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

The following schedule may be slightly modified during the course of the semester, but students will be notified of any change at least one class day in advance. Detailed descriptions of the exams, reports and project will be distributed in class. All reading assignments must be completed by the first date listed. To receive participation credit, texts must always be brought to class on the day they are to be discussed. Titles with an asterisk (*) are films, which will be viewed in class.

9/6 WELCOME! Introduction to the class; historical background.	9/8 PICTURE BOOKS and VISUAL LITERACY Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are ; Scieszka , The True Story of the Three Little Pigs; Bunting , Smoky Night
9/13 CLASSIC FANTASY LITERATURE White, Charlotte's Web	9/15 CLASSIC FANTASY LITERATURE Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
9/20 CLASSIC FAIRY TALES Grimm, "Cinderella" (download from class handouts page); Disney, Cinderella *	9/22 THE "DISNEYFICATION" OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Grimm, "Cinderella"; Disney, Cinderella*
9/27 THE "DISNEYFICATION" OF CLASSIC FAIRY TALES Chyng Sun & Miguel Picker, Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood and Corporate Power*	9/29 MODERN FAIRY TALES Levine, Ella Enchanted
10/4 MODERN FANTASY Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	10/6 MODERN FANTASY (group presentations) Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
10/11 MODERN FANTASY (group presentations) Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	10/13 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
10/18 CONFERENCES: Project proposals due	10/20 CONFERENCES: Project proposals due
10/25 CONFERENCES: Project proposals due	10/27 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND CENSORSHIP Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
11/1 DOMESTIC REALISM Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Brave	11/3 HISTORICAL REALISM Spike Lee, Four Little Girls (2002)*
11/8 HISTORICAL REALISM Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 ; Lee, Four Little Girls*	11/10 READING DAY
11/15 PROBLEM FICTION Robert Lipsyte, One Fat Summer Guest teacher Chet Needham	11/17 PROBLEM FICTION Robert Lipsyte, One Fat Summer Guest teacher Chet Needham
11/22 CONFERENCES	11/24 THANSKGIVING HOLIDAY
11/29 PROBLEM FICTION Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key	12/1 WRITING WORKSHOP Complete, typed draft of writing project due for peer editing workshop
12/6 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS Writing Projects due	12/8 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS
12/13 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS	12/15 CONCLUSIONS
FINAL EXAMINATION: Thursday 22 December, 8:00-9:55 a.m.