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.
| W |
September 6 |
Introduction |
| F |
September 8 |
Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems, Life: XI, XX, XXI |
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| M |
September 11 |
Dickinson, Life: XXVII, XXXII, XLVII, LIII |
| W |
September 13 |
Dickinson, Life: CXI; Nature: XI, XX, XXIII, LVII |
| F |
September 15 |
Dickinson, Time and Eternity: IV, VI, X, XII, XV |
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| M |
September 18 |
Dickinson, Time and Eternity: XX, XXVII, XXXV, XL |
| W |
September 20 |
Dickinson, Time and Eternity: CXXVIII, CXXX, CXL |
| F |
September 22 |
David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross, Act One |
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| M |
September 25 |
Mamet, Act Two |
| W |
September 27 |
Mamet, Act Two |
| F |
September 29 |
Mamet, Performance |
WEB-X 1 DUE |
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| M |
October 2 |
Mamet, Performance |
WEB-X 2* |
| W |
October 4 |
PART ONE EXAM |
| F |
October 6 |
Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor, chs. 1-3 |
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| M |
October 9 |
Melville, chs. 4-10 |
WEB-X 1 RESPONSE DUE |
| W |
October 11 |
Melville, chs. 11-16 |
| F |
October 13 |
Melville, chs. 17-19 |
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| M |
October 16 |
Melville, chs. 20-23 |
| W |
October 18 |
Melville, chs. 24-30 |
WEB-X 2* |
| F |
October 20 |
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, chs. 1-6 |
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| M |
October 23 |
Atwood, chs. 7-12 |
| W |
October 25 |
Atwood, chs. 13-17 |
| F |
October 27 |
Atwood, chs. 18-23 |
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| M |
October 30 |
Atwood, chs. 24-29 |
| W |
November 1 |
Atwood, chs. 30-34 |
| F |
November 3 |
Atwood, chs. 35-39 |
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| M |
November 6 |
Atwood, chs. 40-43 |
| W |
November 8 |
Atwood, chs. 44-end |
WEB-X 2* |
| F |
November 10 |
PART TWO EXAM |
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| M |
November 13 |
Alice Walker, The Color Purple, pp. 1-42 |
| W |
November 15 |
Walker, pp. 43-83 |
| F |
November 17 |
Walker, pp. 84-125 |
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| M |
November 20 |
Walker, pp. 126-167 |
| W |
November 22 |
Walker, pp. 168-207 |
| F |
November 24 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| M |
November 27 |
Walker, pp. 208-251 |
| W |
November 29 |
Walker, pp. 252-end |
WEB-X 2* |
| F |
December 1 |
Selections of Contemporary American Poetry:
Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour"
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo" |
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| M |
December 4 |
Richard Wilbur, "Looking into History," "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" |
| W |
December 6 |
Howard Moss, "The Wars"
Charles Simic, "Prodigy" |
| F |
December 8 |
Robert Pinsky, "Poem about People"
Robert Hass, "Heroic Simile" |
WEB-X 2* |
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| M |
December 11 |
Frank Bidart, "Another Life"
Audre Lorde, "Afterimages" |
| W |
December 13 |
Jorie Graham, "Orpheus and Eurydice" |
| F |
December 15 |
Mark Doty, "Broadway"
William Matthews, "107th and Amsterdam" |
WEB-X 2 RESPONSE DUE |
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| M |
December 18 |
FINAL EXAMINATION FROM 10 TO 11:55AM |
*Web-X 2 deadlines apply only to students who have signed up for this particular author.
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