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 19 | Introduction | |
| F | January 21 | Robert Frost, "To the Thawing Wind," "Mowing" | |
| M | January 24 | Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers" | |
| W | January 26 | Frost, "Mending Wall" | |
| F | January 28 | Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man" | |
| M | January 31 | Frost, "After Apple-Picking" | |
| W | February 2 | Frost, "The Code" | |
| F | February 4 | Frost, "The Wood-Pile" | WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE |
| M | February 7 | August Wilson, Fences, Act One, Scenes 1 and 2 | |
| W | February 9 | Wilson, Act One, Scenes 3 and 4 | |
| F | February 11 | Wilson, Act Two | WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DUE |
| M | February 14 | Wilson, concluding thoughts | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR WILSON* |
| W | February 16 | PART ONE EXAMINATION | |
| F | February 18 | Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book One, Chapters 1-3 | |
| M | February 22 | Wharton, Book One, Chapters 4-6 | |
| W | February 24 | Wharton, Book One, Chapters 7-9 | |
| F | February 26 | Wharton, Book One, Chapters 10-12 | |
| M | February 28 | Wharton, Book One, Chapters 13-15 | |
| W | March 2 | Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 1-3 | |
| F | March 4 | Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 4-6 | |
| M | March 7 | Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 7-9 | |
| W | March 9 | Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 10-12 | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR WHARTON* |
| F | March 11 | Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 13-14 | |
| March 14-18 | Spring Break | ||
| M | March 21 | Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-3 | |
| W | March 23 | Hurston, Chapters 4-5 | |
| F | March 25 | Hurston, Chapters 6-7 | |
| M | March 28 | Hurston, Chapters 8-11 | |
| W | March 30 | Hurston, Chapters 12-14 | |
| F | April 1 | Hurston, Chapters 15-18 | |
| M | April 4 | Hurston, Chapters 19-20 | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR HURSTON* |
| W | April 6 | PART TWO EXAMINATION | |
| F | April 8 | Don DeLillo, White Noise, Waves and Radiation, Chapters 1-11 | |
| M | April 11 | DeLillo, Waves and Radiation, Chapters 12-20 | |
| W | April 13 | DeLillo, Airborne Toxic Event, Chapter 21 | |
| F | April 15 | DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 22-26 | |
| M | April 18 | DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 27-32 | |
| W | April 20 | DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 33-36 | |
| F | April 22 | DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 37-40 | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR DELILLO* |
| M | April 25 | Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour" (10) | |
| W | April 27 | Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" (34) | |
| F | April 29 | Howard Nemerov, "Storm Windows" (117), "Writing" (118) | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR MCCLATCHY COLLECTION* |
| M | May 2 | Galway Kinnell, "The Bear" (297) | |
| W | May 4 | Kay Ryan, "The Old Cosmologists" (532), "That Will to Divest" (532), "Drops in the Bucket" (533) | |
| F | May 6 | Rita Dove, "Parsley" (558) | |
| M | May 9 | FINAL EXAMINATION, 4-5:55pm | |
| * This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author. | |||
24 January 2011