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.
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September 5 |
Introduction |
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September 7 |
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Introduction (pp. 5-24) |
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September 10 |
Whitman, "Song of Myself" (pp. 25-36) |
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September 12 |
Whitman, "Song of Myself" (pp. 37-64) |
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September 14 |
Whitman, "Song of Myself" (pp. 65-86) |
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September 17 |
Whitman, "A Song for Occupations," "To Think of Time" |
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September 19 |
Whitman, "The Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric" |
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September 21 |
Whitman, "Faces," "Song of the Answerer," "Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of these States," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete," "Great Are Myths" |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 1 on Whitman |
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September 24 |
Arthur Miller,The Death of a Salesman, Act One, pp. 1-40 |
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September 26 |
Miller, Act One, pp. 40-69 |
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September 28 |
Miller, Act Two, pp. 70-105 |
Response to Web-X 1 due |
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October 1 |
Miller, Act Two, pp. 105-end |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Miller |
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October 3 |
PART ONE EXAM |
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October 5 |
Edith Wharton,The Age of Innocence, Book One, chs. I-V |
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October 8 |
Wharton, Book One, chs. VI-X |
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October 10 |
Wharton, Book One, chs. XI-XIV |
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October 12 |
Wharton, Book One, chs. XV-XVIII |
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October 15 |
Wharton, Book Two, chs. XIX-XXI |
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October 17 |
Wharton, Book Two, chs. XXII-XXVI |
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October 19 |
Wharton, Book Two, chs. XXVII-XXXI |
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October 22 |
Wharton, Book Two, chs. XXXII-end |
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October 24 |
Wharton, concluding thoughts |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Wharton |
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October 26 |
Stephen Crane,The Red Badge of Courage, chs. 1-4 |
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October 29 |
Crane, chs. 5-10 |
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October 31 |
Crane, chs. 11-16 |
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November 2 |
Crane, chs. 17-21 |
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November 5 |
Crane, chs. 22-end |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Crane |
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November 7 |
PART TWO EXAM |
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November 9 |
Ernest Hemingway,The Sun Also Rises, chs. I-V |
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November 12 |
Hemingway, chs. VI-IX |
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November 14 |
Hemingway, chs. X-XIII |
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November 16 |
Hemingway, XIV-XVI |
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November 19 |
Hemingway, XVII-end |
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November 21 |
Hemingway, concluding thoughts |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Hemingway |
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November 23 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 26 |
Langston Hughes,The Selected Poems, "Afro-American Fragment," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Sun Song," "Aunt Sue's Stories" |
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November 28 |
Hughes, "Danse Africaine," "Negro," "American Heartbreak," "October 16" |
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November 30 |
Hughes, "As I Grew Older," "My People," "Dream Variations" |
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December 3 |
Hughes, "Sunday Morning Prophecy," "Judgment Day," "The Weary Blues" |
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December 5 |
Hughes, "Sylvester's Dying Bed," "Early Evening Quarrel," "50-50," "Lover's Return" |
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December 7 |
Hughes, "Life Is Fine," "Ennui," "Mama and Daughter," "Ballad of the Girl Whose Name Is Mud" |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Hughes |
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December 10 |
Hughes, "Mulatto," "Ku Klux," "One-Way Ticket," "Note on Commercial Theatre" |
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December 12 |
Hughes, "Madam's Past History," "Madam and Her Madam," "Madam and the Number Writer," "Madam and the Census Man" |
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December 14 |
Hughes, "Harlem," "Deferred," "In Explanation of Our Times" |
Response to Web-X 2 due |
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December 17 |
FINAL EXAMINATION FROM 4 TO 5:55PM |
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