English 2571
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.
| Module One: The Power of Representation | ||
| Th | 14 January | Introduction |
| T | 19 January | Tom McCarthy, Remainder, chs. 1-2 |
| Th | 21 January | McCarthy, chs. 3-5 |
| T | 26 January | McCarthy, chs. 6-8 |
| Th | 28 January | McCarthy, chs. 9-11 |
| T | 2 February | McCarthy, chs. 12-13 |
| Th | 4 February | McCarthy, chs. 14-16 |
| T | 9 February | Quiz on Remainder due Ha Jin, In the Pond, chs. 1-4 |
| Th | 11 February | Jin, chs. 5-6 |
| T | 16 February | Jin, chs. 7-10 |
| Th | 18 February | Jin, chs. 11-15 |
| T | 23 February | Part One Examination |
| Module Two: Journeys into Unfamiliar Territory | ||
| Th | 25 February | Elizabeth Bishop, "The Imaginary Iceberg" (6), "Large, Bad Picture" (13) |
| T | 2 March | Bishop, "A Miracle for Breakfast" (20), "Florida" (33), "The Fish" (43) |
| Th | 4 March | Bishop, "At the Fishhouses" (62), "Brazil, January 1, 1502" (89) , "The Armadillo" (101) |
| T | 9 March | Abbreviated Spring Break |
| Th | 11 March | Bishop, "Filling Station" (125), "Under the Window: Ouro Prêto" (175), "In the Waiting Room" (179), "In the Middle of the Road" (247, a translation of a poem by Carlos Drummond de Andrade) |
| T | 16 March | Quiz on Bishop's poems due Wole Soyinka, Death and the King's Horseman, Acts 1-2 |
| Th | 18 March | Soyinka, Acts 3-5 |
| T | 23 March | Part Two Examination |
| Module Three: Crime and Punishment | ||
| Th | 25 March | Toni Morrison, Sula, pp. 3-6, 1919-1921 |
| T | 30 March | Morrison, 1922-1927 |
| Th | 1 April | Morrison, 1937-1939 |
| T | 6 April | Morrison, 1940-1941 |
| Th | 8 April | Quiz on Sula due Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, Chapter 1 |
| T | 13 April | Roy, Chapters 2-3 |
| Th | 15 April | Roy, Chapters 4-5 Character Analysis Paper due in class for Peer Editing |
| T | 20 April | Roy, Chapters 6-9 |
| Th | 22 April | Roy, Chapters 10-13 Final draft of Character Analysis Paper due by the end of the day |
| T | 27 April | Roy, Chapters 14-19 |
| T | 4 May | Final Exam, 10-11:50am on Canvas |
14 April 2021