Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the class. I will announce any changes to this schedule should the need present itself.
| Modernism |
| T |
January 17 |
Introduction—Modernism and Its Legacy |
| W |
January 18 |
Wallace Stevens, "Earthy Anecdote," "Anecdote of the Jar" |
| Th |
January 19 |
Stevens, "Study of Two Pears," "So-and-So Reclining on Her Couch" |
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| M |
January 23 |
Stevens, "The Man with the Blue Guitar" |
| T |
January 24 |
Stevens, "Six Significant Landscapes" |
| W |
January 25 |
Stevens, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" |
| Th |
January 26 |
Stevens, "Sunday Morning" |
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| M |
January 30 |
Stevens, "Sunday Morning", continued |
| T |
January 31 |
Stevens, "Idea of Order at Key West" |
| W |
February 1 |
Stevens, "A Thought Revolved" |
| Th |
February 2 |
Stevens, "Notes toward a Supreme Fiction" |
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| M |
February 6 |
Stevens, "Notes toward a Supreme Fiction," continued |
| T |
February 7 |
Willa Cather, My Antonia, Introduction, Book I |
| W |
February 8 |
Cather, Book II |
| Th |
February 9 |
Cather, Book III |
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| M |
February 13 |
Cather, Book IV |
| T |
February 14 |
Cather, Book V |
| W |
February 15 |
Cather, concluding thoughts |
| Th |
February 16 |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
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| M |
February 20 |
Ernest Hemingway, "On the Quai at Smyrna," "Indian Camp" (Hemingway readings include interstitial "chapters") |
| T |
February 21 |
Hemingway, "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The End of Something" |
| W |
February 22 |
Hemingway, "The Three-Day Blow," "The Battler" |
| Th |
February 23 |
Hemingway, "A Very Short Story," "Soldier's Home" |
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| M |
February 27 |
Hemingway, "The Revolutionist," "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" |
| T |
February 28 |
Hemingway, "Cat in the Rain," "Out of Season" |
| W |
March 1 |
Hemingway, "Cross-Country Snow," "My Old Man" |
| Th |
March 2 |
Hemingway, "Big Two-Hearted River: Parts I and II" |
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| M |
March 6 |
Hemingway, concluding thoughts |
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| After Modernism |
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| T |
March 7 |
Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, pp. 1-45 |
| W |
March 8 |
Silko, pp. 45-89
Annotated Bibliography due. |
| Th |
March 9 |
Silko, pp. 89-138 |
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| March 13-17 Spring Break |
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| M |
March 20 |
Silko, pp. 138-188 |
| T |
March 21 |
Silko, pp. 188-231 |
| W |
March 22 |
Silko, pp. 231-end |
| Th |
March 23 |
Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, pp. 3-34 |
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| M |
March 27 |
Pynchon, pp. 35-67 |
| T |
March 28 |
Pynchon, pp. 68-106 |
| W |
March 29 |
Pynchon, pp. 107-129 |
| Th |
March 30 |
Pynchon, pp. 130-191 |
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| M |
April 3 |
Pynchon, pp. 192-217 |
| T |
April 4 |
Pynchon, pp. 218-267 |
| W |
April 5 |
Pynchon, pp. 268-293 |
| Th |
April 6 |
Pynchon, pp. 294-322 |
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| M |
April 10 |
Pynchon, pp. 323-end |
| T |
April 11 |
Marianne Wiggins, John Dollar, ch. 1 |
| W |
April 12 |
Wiggins, ch. 2 |
| Th |
April 13 |
Wiggins, ch. 3 |
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| M |
April 17 |
Wiggins, ch. 4 |
| T |
April 18 |
Wiggins, concluding thoughts |
| W |
April 19 |
Robert Hass, Intro, "Heroic Simile," "Meditation at Lagunitas," "Sunrise," "The Yellow Bicycle" |
| Th |
April 20 |
Hass, "Against Botticelli," "Like Three Fair Branches from One Root Deriv'd," "Transparent Garments," "The Image," "The Feast," "The Pure Ones" |
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| M |
April 24 |
Hass, ""The Garden of Delight," "Santa Lucia," "To a Reader," "The Origin of Cities," "Winter Morning in Charlottesville," "Old Dominion" |
| T |
April 25 |
Hass, "Monticello," "Emblems of a Prior Order," "Weed," "Child Naming Flowers," "Picking Blackberries with a Friend Who Has Been Reading Jacques Lacan" |
| W |
April 26 |
Hass, "The Beginning of September," "Not Going to New York: A Letter" |
| Th |
April 27 |
Bring a draft of your research paper to class for peer editing. |
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| M |
May 1 |
Hass, "Songs to Survive the Summer" |
| T |
May 2 |
Hass, "Songs to Survive the Summer," continued |
| W |
May 3 |
Hass, "Songs to Survive the Summer," continued |
| Th |
May 4 |
Hass, "Songs to Survive the Summer," continued
Research Paper due. |
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| F |
May 12 |
Final Exam 10-11:50am |
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