English 8191
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 21 | Introduction |
| M | January 26 | Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs, 1-10 (The Return-Where the Pennyroyal Grew) |
| W | January 28 | Jewett, 11-20 (The Old Singers-Along Shore) |
| M | February 2 | Jewett, 21-24 (A Dunnett Shepherdess-The Backward View) |
| W | February 4 | QUIZ ON JEWETT'S THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, pp. 3-52 |
| M | February 9 | Faulkner, pp. 53-102 |
| W | February 11 | Faulkner, 103-155 |
| M | February 16 | Presentation on Faulkner Criticism Faulkner, 156-209 |
| W | February 18 | Faulkner, 210-261 |
| M | February 23 | Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men, Part One, Chapters 1-3 |
| W | February 25 | Hurston, Part One, Chapters 4-6 |
| M | March 2 | Hurston, Part One, Chapters 7-10 |
| W | March 4 | Presentation on Hurston Criticism Hurston, Part Two, Chapters 1-4 |
| M | March 9 | Hurston, Part Two, Chapters 5-7 |
| W | March 11 | MIDTERM: REGIONALISM AND ETHNOGRAPHY |
| March 16-20 | Spring Break | |
| M | March 23 | James Dickey, Deliverance, Before, September 14th |
| W | March 25 | Presentation on Dickey Criticism Dickey, September 15th ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE |
| M | March 30 | Dickey, September 16th, After |
| W | April 1 | Raymond Carver, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, "Why Don't You Dance," "Gazebo," "The Bath" |
| M | April 6 | Presentation on Carver Criticism Carver, "Tell the Women We're Going," "After the Denim," "So Much Water So Close to Home" |
| W | April 8 | Carver, "The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off," "A Serious Talk," "One More Thing," "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love" |
| M | April 13 | QUIZ ON DICKEY AND CARVER Kent Haruf, Plainsong, 3-71 |
| W | April 15 | Haruf, 72-151 PEER-EDITING OF RESEARCH PAPER |
| M | April 20 | Presentation on Haruf Criticism Haruf, 152-228 |
| W | April 22 | Haruf, 229-301 |
| M | April 27 | Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1-64 |
| W | April 23 | Presentation on Silko Criticism Silko, 65-130 |
| M | May 4 | Silko, 131-213 |
| W | May 6 | Silko, 214-262 RESEARCH PAPER DUE |
| T | May 12 | FINAL EXAMINATION, NOON-1:50PM |
23 January 2015