Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the class. I will announce any changes to this schedule should the need present itself.
| Modernism |
| W |
January 23 |
Introduction—Modernism and Its Legacy |
| F |
January 25 |
William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!, Chapter 1 |
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| M |
January 28 |
Faulkner, chs. 2 |
| W |
January 30 |
Faulkner, ch. 3 |
| F |
February 1 |
Faulkner, ch. 4 |
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| M |
February 4 |
Faulkner, ch. 5 |
| W |
February 6 |
Faulkner, ch. 6 |
| F |
February 8 |
Faulkner, ch. 7, pp. 176-205 |
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| M |
February 11 |
Faulkner, ch. 7, pp. 205-234 |
| W |
February 13 |
Faulkner, ch. 8 |
| F |
February 15 |
Faulkner, ch. 9 |
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| M |
February 18 |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, chs. 1-4 |
| W |
February 20 |
Hurston, chs. 5-7 |
| F |
February 22 |
Hurston, chs. 8-13 |
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| M |
February 25 |
Hurston, chs. 14-18 |
| W |
February 27 |
Hurston, chs. 19-end |
| F |
February 29 |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
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| M |
March 3 |
Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts, pp. 1-18 |
| W |
March 5 |
West, pp. 19-38 |
| F |
March 7 |
West, pp. 38-end |
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| After Modernism |
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| M |
March 10 |
Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo, chs. 1-11 |
| W |
March 12 |
Reed, chs. 12-21 |
| F |
March 14 |
Reed, chs. 22-29 |
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March 17-21 |
Spring Break |
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| M |
March 24 |
Reed, chs. 30-50 |
| W |
March 26 |
Reed, ch. 51 |
| F |
March 28 |
Reed, chs. 52-end |
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| M |
March 31 |
Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior, "No-Name Woman" |
| W |
April 2 |
Kingston, "White Tigers" |
| F |
April 4 |
Kingston, "White Tigers," continued |
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| M |
April 7 |
Kingston, "Shaman," pp. 55-75 |
| W |
April 9 |
Kingston, "Shaman," pp. 75-109 |
| F |
April 11 |
Kingston, "At the Western Palace" |
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| M |
April 14 |
Kingston, "A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe" |
| W |
April 16 |
Art Spiegelman, Maus I, chs. 1-2 |
| F |
April 18 |
Spiegelman, chs. 3-4 |
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| M |
April 21 |
Spiegelman, chs. 5-6 |
| W |
April 23 |
Spiegelman, concluding thoughts |
| F |
April 25 |
Cormac McCarthy, The Road,, pp. 3-33 |
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| M |
April 28 |
McCarthy, pp.33-62
BRING A DRAFT OF YOUR RESEARCH PAPER TO CLASS FOR PEER EDITING. |
| W |
April 30 |
McCarthy, pp. 62-98 |
| F |
May 2 |
McCarthy, pp. 99-130 |
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| M |
May 5 |
McCarthy, pp. 130-170
RESEARCH PAPER DUE |
| W |
May 7 |
McCarthy, pp. 170-202 |
| F |
May 9 |
McCarthy, pp. 202-end |
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| M |
May 12 |
FINAL EXAM 10-11:55AM |
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