English 3564
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. In addition, please note that Friday classes last until 9:45am.
| Part One: Realism and Naturalism | ||
| W | January 19 | Introduction |
| F | January 21 | Walt Whitman, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "Song of Myself" |
| M | January 24 | Emily Dickinson, Poems 39, 124, 207, 591 |
| W | January 26 | Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Introduction-Chapter VII |
| F | January 28 | Twain, Chapters VIII-XV |
| M | January 31 | Twain, Chapters XVI-XVIII |
| W | February 2 | Twain, Chapters XIX-XXIV |
| F | February 4 | Twain, Chapters XXV-XXIX BRING WORKING DRAFT OF PASSAGE ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING |
| M | February 7 | Twain, Chapters XXX-XXXVI |
| W | February 9 | Twain, Chapters XXXVII-end |
| F | February 11 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| M | February 14 | Henry James, "The Real Thing" PASSAGE ANALYSIS DUE IN CLASS |
| W | February 16 | Kate Chopin, The Awakening, Chapters I-VIII |
| F | February 18 | Chopin, Chapters IX-XVI |
| M | February 21 | Chopin, Chapters XVII-XXIV |
| W | February 23 | Chopin, Chapters XXV-XXXI |
| F | February 25 | Chopin, Chapters XXXII-end |
| M | February 28 | Booker T. Washington, From Up from Slavery |
| W | March 2 | Washington, continued W. E. B. DuBois, From The Souls of Black Folk |
| F | March 4 | DuBois, continued |
| Part Two: Modernism | ||
| M | March 7 | Robert Frost, "Mowing," "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall" |
| W | March 9 | Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man," "After Apple-Picking," "The Wood-Pile" |
| F | March 11 | Wallace Stevens, "Sunday Morning," "Anecdote of the Jar," "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" |
| March 14-18 | Spring Break | |
| M | March 21 | William Faulkner, Light in August, Chapters 1-2 |
| W | March 23 | Faulkner, Chapters 3-4 |
| F | March 25 | Faulkner, Chapters 5-6 |
| M | March 28 | Faulkner, Chapters 7-8 |
| W | March 30 | Faulkner, Chapters 9-11 |
| F | April 1 | Faulkner, Chapters 12-13 |
| M | April 4 | Faulkner, Chapters 14-15 |
| W | April 6 | Faulkner, Chapters 16-17 |
| F | April 8 | Faulkner, Chapters 18-19 |
| M | April 11 | Faulkner, Chapters 20-21 |
| W | April 13 | Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "The Weary Blues," "Mulatto," "Madam and Her Madam" |
| Part Three: Literature after World War II | ||
| F | April 15 | Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" Robert Hayden, "Middle Passage" |
| M | April 18 | Robert Lowell, "Memories of West Street and Lepke," "Skunk Hour" |
| W | April 20 | Flannery O'Connor, "Good Country People" |
| F | April 22 | N. Scott Momaday, From The Way to Rainy Mountain PEER-EDIT ASSIGNMENT TWO |
| M | April 25 | Arthur Miller, The Death of a Salesman, Act One |
| W | April 27 | Miller, Act Two |
| F | April 29 | Miller, Requiem ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE IN CLASS |
| M | May 2 | Robert Pinsky, "The Street," "Shirt" |
| W | May 4 | Max Apple, "Bridging" |
| F | May 6 | Louise Erdrich, "Fleur" |
| W | May 11 | Final Exam, 10-11:55am |
24 January 2010