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.
| Tuesday |
January 18 |
Introduction |
| Thursday |
January 20 |
Robert Frost, "Mowing," "The Tuft of Flowers" |
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| Tuesday |
January 25 |
Frost, "Mending Wall," "The Code" |
| Thursday |
January 27 |
Frost, "After Apple Picking," "The Death of the Hired Man" |
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| Tuesday |
February 1 |
Frost, "Home Burial" |
| Thursday |
February 3 |
BRING WORKING DRAFT OF POETRY ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING. |
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| Tuesday |
February 8 |
Toni Morrison, Sula, pp. 1-66 |
| Thursday |
February 10 |
Morrison, pp. 67-111
TURN IN FINAL DRAFT OF POETRY ANALYSIS |
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| Tuesday |
February 15 |
Morrison, pp. 111-end
Web-X Sula posting due |
| Thursday |
February 17 |
Gjertrud Schnackenberg, "Signs"*
Charles Simic, "Prodigy"*
Audre Lorde, "Afterimages"*
Web-X Introduction Due |
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| Tuesday |
February 22 |
Anne Sexton, "The Room of My Life"*
Frank O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter"*
Web-X response to introductory posting due. |
| Thursday |
February 24 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| Tuesday |
March 1 |
Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour"*
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo"* |
| Thursday |
March 3 |
Bishop, "In the Waiting Room"*
Robert Hass, "Heroic Simile"*
Web-X McClatchy posting due |
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| Tuesday |
March 8 |
Edith Wharton, House of Mirth, Book 1, chs 1-5 |
| Thursday |
March 10 |
Wharton, Book 1, chs 6-9 |
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| Tuesday |
March 15 |
Wharton, Book 1, chs 10-15 |
| Thursday |
March 17 |
Wharton, Book 2, chs 1-5 |
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| March 20-26 SPRING BREAK |
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| Tuesday |
March 29 |
Wharton, Book 2, chs 6-9 |
| Thursday |
March 31 |
Wharton, Book 2, chs 10-14
Web-X House of Mirth posting due. |
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| Tuesday |
April 5 |
Kerouac, On the Road, pp. 1-59 |
| Thursday |
April 7 |
Kerouac, pp. 60-133 |
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| Tuesday |
April 12 |
Kerouac, pp. 134-196 |
| Thursday |
April 14 |
Kerouac, pp. 197-248 |
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| Tuesday |
April 19 |
Kerouac, pp. 249-end
BRING WORKING DRAFT OF LITERARY ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER EDITING.
Web-X On the Road posting due. |
| Thursday |
April 21 |
Kent Haruf, Plainsong, pp. 1-71 |
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| Tuesday |
April 26 |
Haruf, pp. 72-143
Web-X response to thesis posting due. |
| Thursday |
April 28 |
Haruf, pp. 144-214
TURN IN FINAL DRAFT OF LITERARY ANALYSIS. |
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| Tuesday |
May 3 |
Haruf, pp. 215-end
Web-X Plainsong posting due. |
| Thursday |
May 5 |
William Matthews, "107th and Amsterdam"*
Robert Pinsky, "Poem about People" |
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| Friday |
May 6th |
Web-X response to "Helpful Websites" posting due. |
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| Wednesday |
May 11 |
Final Exam, noon-1:55pm |
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