- English 2571
- Syllabus
- Schedule
- Assignments
- Extras
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Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the class. I will announce any changes to this schedule should the need present itself. Items with an asterisk (*) are in the McClatchy collection of contemporary poetry.
| W |
September 3 |
Introduction |
| F |
September 5 |
Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour"* |
| M |
September 8 |
Lowell, "The Quaker Graveyard at Nantucket"* |
| W |
September 10 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room"* |
| F |
September 12 |
Bishop, "The Armadillo,"* "The Filling Station"* |
| M |
September 15 |
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Act One |
| W |
September 17 |
Stoppard, Act Two |
| F |
September 19 |
Stoppard, Act Three |
| M |
September 22 |
Stoppard, concluding thoughts |
| W |
September 24 |
Howard Moss, "The Wars"* |
| F |
September 26 |
Exam 1 |
| M |
September 29 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "Brazil, January 1, 1502"* |
| W |
October 1 |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, pp. 1-19 |
| F |
October 3 |
Marquez, 20-64 |
| M |
October 6 |
Marquez, 65-112 |
| W |
October 8 |
Marquez, 113-154 |
| F |
October 10 |
Marquez, 155-196 |
| M |
October 13 |
Marquez, 197-240 |
| W |
October 15 |
Marquez, 241-288 |
| F |
October 17 |
Marquez, 289-338 |
| M |
October 20 |
Marquez, 339-382 |
| W |
October 22 |
Marquez, 383-428 |
| F |
October 24 |
Marquez, 429-end |
| M |
October 27 |
Marquez, concluding thoughts |
| W |
October 29 |
Audre Lorde, "Afterimages"* |
| F |
October 31 |
Peer edit of passage analysis |
| M |
November 3 |
Frank Bidart, "Another Life,"* Howard Nemerov, "Storm Windows"* |
| W |
November 5 |
Gjertrud Schnackenberg, "The Paperweight,"* Charles Simic, "My Shoes"* |
| F |
November 7 |
Section Exam 2 |
| M |
November 10 |
Maxine Hong Kingston, China Men, pp. 3-81 |
| W |
November 12 |
Kingston, pp. 83-122
Passage Analysis due |
| F |
November 14 |
Kingston, pp. 123-162 |
| M |
November 17 |
Kingston, pp. 163-234 |
| W |
November 19 |
Kingston, pp. 235-260 |
| F |
November 21 |
Kingston, pp. 261-308 |
| M |
November 24 |
Kingston, concluding thoughts |
| W |
November 26 |
Louise Glück, "Lamentations"* |
| F |
November 28 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
| M |
December 1 |
Marianne Wiggins, John Dollar, 1: Charlotte |
| W |
December 3 |
Wiggins, 2: Aboard The Charlotte |
| F |
December 5 |
Wiggins, 3: On "The Island of Our Outlawed Dreams" |
| M |
December 8 |
Wiggins, 4: John Dollar |
| W |
December 10 |
Wiggins, concluding thoughts |
| F |
December 12 |
Review for final exam |
| W |
December 17 |
Final Exam from 8 to 9:55am |
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