English 3411
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 13 | Introduction |
| M | January 18 | Martin Luther King Holiday |
| W | January 20 | Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," "The River" |
| M | January 25 | O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," "A Stroke of Good Fortune" |
| W | January 27 | O'Connor, "A Circle in the Fire," "Good Country People" Presentation sign-up deadline |
| M | February 1 | O'Connor Quiz Richard Wright, "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow," "Big Boy Leaves Home" |
| W | February 3 | Wright, "Down by the Riverside" BRING WORKING DRAFT OF SHORT-STORY ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING |
| M | February 8 | Wright, "Long Black Song" |
| W | February 10 | Wright, "Fire and Cloud" SHORT-STORY ANALYSIS DUE IN CLASS |
| M | February 15 | Wright, "Bright and Morning Star" |
| W | February 17 | Wright Quiz Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," "The Garden of Forking Paths" |
| M | February 22 | Borges, "Pierre Menard, The Author of Quixote," "Funes the Memorious," "Death and the Compass" |
| W | February 24 | Borges, "Three Versions of Judas," "The Immortal," "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive" |
| M | February 29 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| W | March 2 | John Barth, "Frame-Tale," "Night-Sea Journey," "Ambrose, His Mark" |
| March 7-11 | Spring Break | |
| M | March 14 | Barth, "Water-Message," "Petition" |
| W | March 16 | Barth, "Lost in the Funhouse," "Menalaiad" |
| M | March 21 | Barth Quiz Alice Munro, "To Reach Japan," "Amundsen" |
| W | March 23 | Munro, "Gravel," "Haven" |
| M | March 28 | Munro, "Corrie," "In Sight of the Lake" |
| W | March 30 | Munro, "The Eye," "Night," "Voices," "Dear Life" |
| M | April 4 | Munro Quiz Ha Jin, "A Report," "Too Late," "Uncle Piao's Birthday Dinners" |
| W | April 6 | Jin, "Dragon Head" |
| M | April 11 | Jin, "A Contract," "Miss Jee," "A Lecture" BRING WORKING DRAFT OF LITERARY ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING |
| W | April 13 | Jin, "The Russian Prisoner," "The Fellow Townsman" |
| M | April 18 | Jin, "My Best Soldier," "Ocean of Words" ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE IN CLASS |
| W | April 20 | Jin Quiz George Saunders, "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline," "Isabelle" |
| M | April 25 | Saunders, "The Wavemaker Falters," "The 400-Pound CEO" |
| W | April 27 | Saunders, "Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz," "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror" |
| Th | May 5 | FINAL EXAM, 4-5:50PM |
16 January 2016