English 1001, Spring 2007

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	January 17	Introduction
F	January 19	Robert Frost, A Boy's Will and North of Boston, "Storm Fear," "Mowing"

M	January 22	Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall"
W	January 24	Frost, "Mending Wall" (continued), "The Death of the Hired Man"
F	January 26	Frost, "Home Burial," "After Apple Picking"

M	January 29	Frost, "The Code," "The Fear"
W	January 31	Frost, "The Wood-Pile"	Web-X 1 Due
F	February 2	N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain, Prologue, Introduction

M	February 5	Momaday, The Setting Out
W	February 7	Momaday, The Going On
F	February 9	Momaday, The Closing In, Epilogue	Web-X 1 Response Due

M	February 12	Momaday, concluding thoughts	Web-X 2 on Momaday Due*
W	February 14	PART ONE EXAM
F	February 16	Charles W. Chesnutt, The House behind the Cedars, chs. I-III

M	February 19	Chesnutt, chs. IV-VI
W	February 21	Chesnutt, chs. VII-X
F	February 23	Chesnutt, chs. XI-XIV

M	February 26	Chesnutt, chs. XV-XVIII
W	February 28	Chesnutt, chs. XIX-XXII
F	March 2	Chesnutt,. chs. XXIII-XXVII

M	March 5	Chesnutt, chs. XXVIII-XXXI
W	March 7	Chesnutt, chs. XXXII-end
F	March 9	Chesnutt, concluding thoughts	Web-X 2 on Chesnutt Due*

	March 12-16	SPRING BREAK

M	March 19	Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night, Act I
W	March 21	O'Neill, Act II
F	March 23	O'Neill, Act III

M	March 26	O'Neill, Act IV
W	March 28	O'Neill, concluding thoughts	Web-X 2 on O'Neill Due*
F	March 30	PART TWO EXAM

M	April 2	Toni Morrison, Sula, pp. 1-29
W	April 4	Morrison, pp. 30-66
F	April 6	Morrison, pp.67-85

M	April 9	Morrison, pp. 86-111
W	April 11	Morrison, pp. 112-149
F	April 13	Morrison, pp. 150-end	Web-X 2 on Morrison Due*

M	April 16	Poems from J. D. McClatchy's collection of Contemporary American Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo," "In the Waiting Room"
W	April 18	Robert Lowell, "Memories of West Street and Lepke," "Skunk Hour"
F	April 20	Elizabeth Bishop, "Filling Station" C. K. Williams, "The Gas Station"

M	April 23	Howard Nemerov, "Storm Windows," "Writing"
W	April 25	Sylvia Plath, "The Colossus," "Lady Lazarus"
F	April 27	Philip Levine, "The Horse," "They Feed They Lion"	Web-X 2 on Contemporary Poetry Due*

M	April 30	Michael Palmer,"H," "The White Notebook"
W	May 2	Kay Ryan, "Mirage Oases," "The Old Cosmologists," "That Will to Divest," "Drops in the Bucket"
F	May 4	Gjertrud Schnackenberg, "The Paperweight," "Signs"	Web-X 2 Response Due

M	May 7	FINAL EXAMINATION FROM 8 TO 9:55AM

*Web-X 2 Deadlines only apply to students who have signed up for that particular author.