English 1001
Schedule
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 9 | Introduction | |
| F | September 11 | Langston Hughes, "Afro-American Fragment," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Sun Song," "Aunt Sue's Stories," "Danse Africaine," "Negro" | |
| M | September 14 | Hughes, "American Heartbreak," "October 16," "As I Grew Older," "My People," "Dream Variations" | |
| W | September 16 | Hughes, "Sunday Morning Prophecy," "The Weary Blues," "Sylvester's Dying Bed," "Early Evening Quarrel" | |
| F | September 18 | Hughes, "Life Is Fine," "Still Here," "Mama and Daughter," "Ballad of the Girl Whose Name Is Mud," "Mulatto" | |
| M | September 21 | Hughes, "Ku Klux," "Uncle Tom," "Porter," "Silhouette," "One-Way Ticket," "Note on Commercial Theater" | |
| W | September 23 | Hughes, "Madam's Past History," "Madam and Her Madam," "Madam and the Number Writer," "Deferred," "Harlem" | Online Forum Deadline for Forum 1 on Hughes |
| F | September 25 | Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night, Act One | |
| M | September 28 | O'Neill, Act Two | |
| W | September 30 | O'Neill, Act Three | Response to Forum 1 due |
| F | October 2 | O'Neill, Act Four | |
| M | October 5 | O'Neill, conclusion | Online Forum Deadline for Forum 2 on O'Neill |
| W | October 7 | PART ONE EXAM | |
| F | October 9 | Kate Chopin, The Awakening, Chapters I-VII | |
| M | October 12 | Chopin, Chapters VIII-XII | |
| W | October 14 | Chopin, Chapters XIII-XVI | |
| F | October 16 | Chopin, Chapters XVII-XXI | |
| M | October 19 | Chopin, Chapters XXII-XXVI | |
| W | October 21 | Chopin, Chapters XXVII-XXXIII | |
| F | October 23 | Chopin, Chapters XXXIII-XXXIX | Online Forum Deadline for Forum 2 on Chopin |
| M | October 26 | Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Chapters I-VII | |
| W | October 28 | Hemingway, Chapters VIII-XII | |
| F | October 30 | Hemingway, Chapters XIII-XIX | |
| M | November 2 | Hemingway, Chapters XX-XXIV | |
| W | November 4 | Hemingway, Chapters XXV-XXVIII | |
| F | November 6 | Hemingway, Chapters XXIX-XXXIII | |
| M | November 9 | Hemingway, Chapters XXXIV-XXXVII | |
| W | November 11 | Hemingway, Chapters XXXVIII-XLI | Online Forum Deadline for Forum 2 on Hemingway |
| F | November 13 | PART TWO EXAM | |
| M | November 16 | Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, pp. 1-37 | |
| W | November 18 | Silko, pp. 38-78 | |
| F | November 20 | Silko, pp. 78-120 | |
| M | November 23 | Silko, pp. 121-163 | |
| W | November 25 | Silko, pp. 164-200 | |
| F | November 27 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| M | November 30 | Silko, pp. 200-end | Online Forum Deadline for Forum 2 on Silko |
| W | December 2 | Robert Lowell, "Memories of West Street and Lepke," "Skunk Hour," "The Nihilist as Hero" | |
| F | December 4 | Elizabeth Bishop, "Brazil, 1 January 1502," "The Armadillo," "In the Waiting Room" | |
| M | December 7 | Robert Hayden, "Middle Passage" | |
| W | December 9 | May Swenson, "Unconscious Came a Beauty" John Hollander, "Swan and Shadow" | |
| F | December 11 | Richard Wilbur, "Looking into History," "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" | Online Forum Deadline for Forum 2 on any poem from the McClatchy collection |
| M | December 14 | Philip Levine, "The Horse," "They Feed They Lion" | |
| W | December 15 | Audre Lorde, "Afterimages" | Response to Forum 2 due |
| Th | December 17 | FINAL EXAMINATION FROM 8 TO 9:55AM |
16 September 2009