English 1001
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.
| W | January 23 | Introduction | |
| F | January 25 | Robert Frost, A Boy's Will and North of Boston, "Storm Fear," "Mowing" | |
| M | January 28 | Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall" | |
| W | January 30 | Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man," "Home Burial" | |
| F | February 1 | Frost, "After Apple-Picking," "The Code" | |
| M | February 4 | Frost, "The Fear" | |
| W | February 6 | Frost, "The Wood-Pile" | Web-X Deadline for Web-X 1 on Frost |
| F | February 8 | Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act I | |
| M | February 11 | Wilder, Act II | |
| W | February 13 | Wilder, Act III | Response to Web-X 1 due |
| F | February 15 | Wilder, concluding thoughts | |
| M | February 18 | PART ONE EXAM | Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Wilder |
| W | February 20 | Kent Haruf, Plainsong, pp. 1-30 | |
| F | February 22 | Haruf, pp. 31-57 | |
| M | February 25 | Haruf, pp. 58-91 | |
| W | February 27 | Haruf, pp. 92-121 | |
| F | February 29 | Haruf, pp. 122-151 | |
| M | March 3 | Haruf, pp. 152-186 | |
| W | March 5 | Haruf, pp. 187-216 | |
| F | March 7 | Haruf, pp. 217-246 | |
| M | March 10 | Haruf, 263-end | Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Haruf |
| W | March 12 | Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple, chs. I-VIII | |
| F | March 14 | Rowson, chs. IX-XVI | |
| M-F | March 17-21 | Spring Break | |
| M | March 24 | Rowson, chs. XVII-XXVI | |
| W | March 26 | Rowson, chs. XXVII-end | Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Rowson |
| F | March 28 | Rowson, concluding thoughts | |
| M | March 31 | PART TWO EXAM | |
| W | April 2 | Toni Morrison, Beloved, pp. 1-33 | |
| F | April 4 | Morrison, pp. 34-67 | |
| M | April 7 | Morrison, pp. 68-100 | |
| W | April 9 | Morrison, pp. 101-133 | |
| F | April 11 | Morrison, pp. 134-160 | |
| M | April 14 | Morrison,pp. 161-195 | |
| W | April 16 | Morrison, pp. 196-247 | |
| F | April 18 | Morrison, pp. 248-277 | |
| M | April 21 | Morrison, pp. 278-end | Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Morrison |
| W | April 23 | Poems from the Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour," "Memories of West Street and Lepke" | |
| F | April 25 | Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo," "Filling Station" | |
| M | April 28 | May Swenson, "Teleology" Howard Nemerov, "Money" |
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| W | April 30 | James Dickey, "The Heaven of Animals" Anthony Hecht, "A Hill" |
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| F | May 2 | Frank O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter" A. R. Ammons, "He Held a Radical Light" |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on a poem from the McClatchy Collection |
| M | May 5 | Galway Kinnell, "The Bear" Philip Levine, "The Horse" |
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| W | May 7 | Audre Lorde, "Afterimages" | |
| F | May 9 | Frank Bidart, "Another Life" | Response to Web-X 2 due |
| T | May 13 | FINAL EXAMINATION FROM NOON TO 1:55PM |
1 February 2008