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. Page numbers in parentheses locate poems in The Vintage Book of Contemporary Poetry.
| T | September 7 | Introduction | |
| Th | September 9 | Robert Lowell, "Memories of West Street and Lepke" (8), "Skunk Hour" (10) Elizabeth Bishop, "Brazil, January 1, 1502" (28), "Under the Window: Ouro Prêto" (30), "The Armadillo" (32) |
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| T | September 14 | Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" (34) Robert Hayden, "Middle Passage" (85) Richard Wilbur, "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" (128) |
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| Th | September 16 | Howard Moss, "The Wars" (146) Denise Levertov "Clouds" (178) Frank O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter" (208) Allen Ginsburg, from "Howl" (225) |
WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE |
| T | September 21 | Marianne Wiggins, John Dollar, 1—Charlotte | |
| Th | September 23 | Wiggins, 2—Aboard the Charlotte | WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DEADLINE |
| T | September 28 | Wiggins, 3—On "The Island of Our Outlawed Dreams" | |
| Th | September 30 | Wiggins, 4—John Dollar | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR WIGGINS* |
| T | October 5 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION | |
| Th | October 7 | J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Chs. 1-6 | |
| T | October 12 | Coetzee, Chs. 7-12 PEER EDIT PASSAGE ANALYSIS |
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| Th | October 14 | Coetzee, Chs. 13-18 | |
| T | October 19 | Coetzee, Chs. 19-24 PASSAGE ANALYSIS DUE |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR COETZEE* |
| Th | October 21 | Raymond Carver, "Why Don't You Dance?" "Viewfinder," "Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit," "Gazebo" | |
| T | October 26 | Carver, "I Could See the Smallest Things," "Sacks," "The Bath," "Tell the Women We're Going" | |
| Th | October 28 | Carver, "After the Denim," "So Much Water So Close to Home," "The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off," "A Serious Talk," "The Calm" | |
| T | November 2 | Carver, "Popular Mechanics," "Everything Stuck to Him," "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love," "One More Thing" | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR CARVER* |
| Th | November 4 | Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Part One, Chs. 1-9 | |
| T | November 9 | Kerouac, Part One, Chs. 10-14 | |
| Th | November 11 | Kerouac, Part Two, Chs. 1-11 | |
| T | November 16 | Kerouac, Part Three, Chs. 1-11 | |
| Th | November 18 | Kerouac, Parts Four and Five | |
| T | November 23 | Anne Sexton, "The Room of My Life" (310) Phillip Levine, "The Horse" (311) Adrienne Rich, "For the Record" (357) Sylvia Plath, "The Colossus" (368) |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR KEROUAC* |
| Th | November 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| T | November 30 | Harold Pinter, The Homecoming, Act One | |
| Th | December 2 | Pinter, Act One, continued PEER EDIT TEXTUAL ANALYSIS |
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| T | December 7 | Pinter, Act Two | |
| Th | December 9 | Pinter, Act Two, continued" TEXTUAL ANALYSIS DUE |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR PINTER * |
| T | December 14 | Charles Simic, "My Shoes" (432) Frank Bidart, "Another Life" (447) Robert Pinsky, "Shirt" (459) Robert Hass, "Heroic Simile" (461) |
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| Th | December 16 | Audre Lorde, "Afterimages" (404) Louise Glück, "The Garden" (505) Heather McHugh, "Numberless" (542) |
WEB FORUM 2 RESPONSE DUE |
| Fri | December 17 | Final Exam, 4-5:55pm |
* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author.
11 September 2010