English 1582
Honors Section
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. Page numbers in parentheses with asterisk locate poems in A Book of Luminous Things, and I have also included links to online versions of these poems.
| T | August 31 | Introduction |
| Th | September 2 | Homer, Odyssey, Books 1-4 |
| T | September 7 | Homer, Books, 5-8 |
| Th | September 9 | Homer, Books, 9-12 Quiz on Odyssey up through Book 12 |
| T | September 14 | Homer, Books, 13-16 |
| Th | September 16 | Homer, Books, 17-20 |
| T | September 21 | Homer, Books, 21-24 |
| Th | September 23 | Epiphany Poems in The Book of Luminous Things (4-8)*, including
D. H. Lawrence
"Maximus" Kikaku, "Above the Boat" Issa, "From the Bough" —sixth poem down from the top Jean Follain, "Music of Spheres" Carlos Drummond de Andrade, "In the Middle of the Road" —please note that the poem is only two stanzas long, so don't be confused by the commentary that picks up after that second stanza. |
| T | September 28 | Joseph Brodsky, "In the Lake District" (115)*, "Odysseus to Telemachus"(116)* https://poets.org/poem/odysseus-telemachus Tomas Tranströmer, "Syros" (126)* "Outskirts" (130)* "Tracks" (154)* |
| Th | September 30 | Module One Examination on the Odyssey and Poems |
| T | October 5 | Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis, Introduction, pp. 1-71 |
| Th | October 7 | Satrapi, pp. 72-142 |
| T | October 12 | Satrapi, pp. 143-206 |
| Th | October 14 | Satrapi, pp. 207-341 |
| T | October 19 | Chris Abani, GraceLand, chs. 1-4 Quiz on Satrapi's The Complete Persepolis |
| Th | October 21 | Abani, chs. 5-12 |
| T | October 26 | Abani, chs. 13-16 |
| Th | October 28 | Fall Break |
| T | November 2 | Abani, chs. 17-22 |
| Th | November 4 | Abani, chs. 23-29 |
| T | November 9 | Module Two Examination |
| Th | November 11 | Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea, Part One |
| T | November 16 | Rhys, Part Two up through p. 101 |
| Th | November 18 | Rhys, Conclusion of Part Two, Part Three Peer-Editing of Character Analysis Papers |
| T | November 23 | Quiz on Rhys Gabriel García Márquez, In Evil Hour, pp. 1-60 |
| Th | November 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| T | November 30 | Márquez, pp. 61-96 Final Draft of Character Paper Analysis Due |
| Th | December 2 | Márquez, pp. 97-134 |
| T | December 7 | Márquez, pp. 135-183 |
| Th | December 9 | Anna Swir,
"The Same Inside" (200)* —(scroll down) "I Wash the Shirt"(204)* "I'm Afraid of Fire" (296)* |
| Th | December 16 | Module Three Exam (cumulative), 10-11:50am |
26 August 2021