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. All poems are in Joel Connaroe's Six American Poets on page numbers indicated.
| Tuesday |
January 17 |
Introduction |
| Thursday |
January 19 |
Robert Frost, "Mending Wall" (197-199), "The Wood-Pile" (206-207) |
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| Tuesday |
January 24 |
Frost, "After Apple Picking" (205-206), "The Death of the Hired Man" (199-204) |
| Thursday |
January 26 |
Frost, "Birches" (208-210), "Unharvested" (217-218) |
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| Tuesday |
January 30 |
William Carlos Williams, "Pastoral" (151), "Apology" (152), "Pastoral" (152-153) |
| Thursday |
February 1 |
Williams, "Danse Russe" (158), "Complaint" (161), "Complete Destruction (161-162), "The Great Figure" (164) |
WEB-X 1 DUE |
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| Tuesday |
February 7 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION |
| Thursday |
February 9 |
James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, Prefaces, chs. I-II. |
WEB-X 1 RESPONSE DUE |
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| Tuesday |
February 14 |
Cooper, chs. III-VIII |
| Thursday |
February 16 |
Cooper, chs. IX-XII |
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| Tuesday |
February 21 |
Cooper, chs. XIII-XVII |
| Thursday |
February 23 |
Cooper, chs. XVIII-XXI |
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| Tuesday |
February 28 |
Cooper, chs. XXII-XXVII |
| Thursday |
March 2 |
Cooper, chs. XXVIII-XXXIII |
WEB-X 2* |
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| Tuesday |
March 7 |
Louise Erdrich, Tracks, chs. 1-2 |
| Thursday |
March 9 |
Erdrich, chs. 3-4 |
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March 13-17 |
Spring Break |
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| Tuesday |
March 21 |
Erdrich, ch. 5-7 |
| Thursday |
March 23 |
Erdrich, chs. 8-9 |
WEB-X 2* |
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| Tuesday |
March 28 |
PART TWO EXAMINATION |
| Thurdsay |
March 30 |
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, "Whisper," chs. I-VII |
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| Tuesday |
April 4 |
Twain, chs. VIII-XV |
| Thursday |
April 6 |
Twain, chs. XVI-"Conclusion" |
WEB-X 2* |
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| Tuesday |
April 11 |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, chs. 1-4 |
| Thursday |
April 13 |
Hurston, chs. 5-7 |
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| Tuesday |
April 18 |
Hurston, chs. 8-12 |
| Thursday |
April 20 |
Hurston, chs. 13-17 |
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| Tuesday |
April 25 |
Hurston, chs 18-20 |
WEB-X 2* / WEB-X 3 DUE |
| Thursday |
April 27 |
Emily Dickinson, 254, 258 |
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| Tuesday |
May 2 |
Dickinson, 389, 449 |
| Thursday |
May 3 |
Dickinson, 712, 754 |
| Friday |
May 4 |
WEB-X 2 RESPONSE / WEB-X 3 RESPONSE DUE |
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| Thursday |
May 11 |
FINAL EXAM FROM 4 TO 6PM |
*Web-X 2 deadlines apply only to students who have signed up for this particular author.
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