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.

T September 2 Introduction
Th September 4 Robert Frost, "Wind and Window Flower," "To the Thawing Wind," "Mowing"
 
T September 9 Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall," "The Death of the Hired Man"
Th September 11 Frost, "After Apple-Picking," "The Code"
 
T September 16 Frost, "The Wood-Pile," "The Fear"
Th September 18 QUIZ ON ROBERT FROST
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Chapters I-IV
 
T September 23 Hemingway, Chapters V-VII
Th September 25 Hemingway, Chapters VIII-XI
 
T September 30 Hemingway, Chapters XII-XIV
Th October 2 Hemingway, Chapters XV-XVI
 
T October 7 Hemingway, Chapters XVII-XIX
Th October 9 PART ONE EXAMINATION
 
T October 14 Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book One, Chapters 1-4
Th October 16 Wharton, Book One, Chapters 5-8
 
T October 21 Wharton, Book One, Chapters 9-12
Th October 23 Wharton, Book One, Chapters 13-15
QUIZ ON EDITH WHARTON, BOOK ONE
 
T October 28 Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 1-4
Th October 30 Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 5-8
 
T November 4 Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 9-11
Th November 6 Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 12-14
 
T November 11 PART TWO EXAMINATION
Th November 13 August Wilson, Fences Act One, Scenes 1 and 2
 
T November 18 Wilson, Act One, Scenes 3 and 4
Th November 20 Wilson, Act Two
CHARACTER ANALYSIS DUE
 
T November 25 Wilson, Act Two
Th November 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
 
T December 2 Ryan, "Odd Blocks" (3), "The Edges of Time" (4), "Retroactive" (20), "Shift" (23), "Leaving Spaces" (38)
Th December 4 Ryan, "Glass Slippers" (52), "Les Natures Pronfondément Bonnes Sont Toujours Indécises" (56), "Force" (67)
 
T December 9 Ryan, "Crib" (98), "How a Thought Thinks" (101), "Simply by Growing Larger" (106), "Lacunae" (120), "Insult" (124)
Th December 11 Ryan, "The Cabinet of Curiosities" (129), "Part Midas" (135), "Say Uncle" (149), "Composition" (159), "Waste" (167)
 
Th December 18 FINAL EXAMINATION, noon-1:55pm