Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself. Works followed by a star (*) are in The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry.
| W |
September 8 |
Introduction |
F |
September 10 |
Robert Frost, "Mowing" |
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| M |
September 13 |
Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall" |
| W |
September 15 |
Frost, "After Apple Picking," "The Wood-Pile" |
| F |
September 17 |
Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man," "The Code" |
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| M |
September 20 |
Frost, "Home Burial" |
| W |
September 22 |
BRING WORKING DRAFT OF POETRY ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING. |
| F |
September 24 |
Nella Larsen, Quicksand, chs 1-4. |
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| M |
September 27 |
Larsen, chs 5-8 |
| W |
September 29 |
Larsen, chs 9-12
TURN IN FINAL DRAFT OF POETRY ANALYSIS. |
| F |
October 1 |
Larsen, chs 13-16 |
| M |
October 4 |
Larsen, chs 17-20 |
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| W |
October 6 |
Larsen, chs 21-25 |
| F |
October 8 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
| M |
October 11 |
Gjertrud Schnackenberg, "Signs"*
Charles Simic, "Prodigy"* |
| W |
October 13 |
Audre Lorde, "Afterimages"* |
| F |
October 15 |
Robert Lowell, "Memories of West Street and Lepke," "Skunk Hour"* |
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| M |
October 18 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo"* |
| W |
October 20 |
Edith Wharton, House of Mirth, Book 1, chs 1-4 |
| F |
October 22 |
Wharton, Book 1, chs 5-8 |
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| M |
October 25 |
Wharton, Book 1, chs 9-12 |
| W |
October 27 |
Wharton, Book 1, chs 13-15 |
| F |
October 29 |
Wharton, Book 2, chs 1-4 |
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| M |
November 1 |
Wharton, Book 2, chs 5-8 |
| W |
November 3 |
Wharton, Book 2, chs 9-14 |
| F |
November 5 |
Wharton, concluding thoughts |
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| M |
November 8 |
Kerouac, On the Road, pp. 1-59 |
| W |
November 10 |
Kerouac, pp. 60-108 |
| F |
November 12 |
Kerouac, pp.109-178 |
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| M |
November 15 |
Kerouac, pp. 179-248 |
| W |
November 17 |
Kerouac, pp. 249-end |
| F |
November 19 |
Haruf, Plainsong, pp. 1-47 |
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| M |
November 22 |
Haruf, pp. 48-99 |
| W |
November 24 |
Haruf, pp. 100-151 |
| F |
November 26 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| M |
November 29 |
Haruf, pp. 152-199 |
| W |
December 1 |
Haruf, pp. 200-246 |
| F |
December 3 |
BRING WORKING DRAFT OF ESSAY TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING. |
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| M |
December 6 |
Haruf, pp. 247-end |
| W |
December 8 |
Richard Wilbur, "Looking into History"* |
| F |
December 10 |
John Hollander, "Swan and Shadow," May Swenson, "Unconscious Came a Beauty"*
TURN IN FINAL DRAFT OF LITERARY ANALYSIS. |
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| M |
December 13 |
Sylvia Plath, "The Colossus"* |
| W |
December 15 |
Frank Bidart, "Another Life"* |
| F |
December 17 |
Robert Pinsky, "Poem about People"* |
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| Th |
December 23 |
Final Exam, 8am-9:50am |
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