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. Numbers in parentheses after titles of Dickinson poems indicate page numbers in Final Harvest.
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September 7 |
Introduction |
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September 9 |
Emily Dickinson, "The Feet of People Walking Home" (1), "I Never Told the Buried Gold" (2), "The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were" (2) |
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September 12 |
Dickinson, "I Never Lost As Much But Twice" (5), "Success Is Counted Sweetest" (7), "To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave" (12) |
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September 14 |
Dickinson, "I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed" (25), "Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers" [both versions] (26) |
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September 16 |
Dickinson, "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers" (34-35), "There's a Certain Slant of Light" (36), "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" (47) |
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September 19 |
Dickinson, "A Bird Came down the Walk" (69), "There's Been a Death in the Opposite House" (89), "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense" (101) |
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September 21 |
Dickinson, "I Died for Beautybut Was Scarce" (107), "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" (111-112), "I've Seen a Dying Eye" (137) |
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Discussion Forum Posting for a Poem by Dickinson Due |
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September 23 |
Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, Act One |
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September 26 |
Chekhov, Act Two |
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September 28 |
Chekhov, Act Three |
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Response to Dickinson Discussion due |
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September 30 |
Chekhov, Act Four |
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October 3 |
PART ONE EXAM |
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October 5 |
Tom McCarthy, Remainder, Chapters 1-2 |
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October 7 |
McCarthy, Chapters 3-4 |
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October 10 |
McCarthy, Chapters 5-6 |
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October 12 |
McCarthy, Chapters 7-8 |
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October 14 |
McCarthy, Chapters 9-10 |
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October 17 |
McCarthy, Chapters 11-12 |
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October 19 |
McCarthy, Chapters 13-14 |
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October 21 |
McCarthy, Chapters 15-16 |
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Discussion Forum Deadline for McCarthy |
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October 24 |
Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" |
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October 26 |
O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," continued |
F |
October 28 |
O'Connor, "The River" |
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October 31 |
O'Connor, "The River," continued |
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November 2 |
O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" |
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November 4 |
O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," continued |
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M |
November 7 |
O'Connor, "Good Country People" |
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November 9 |
O'Connor, "Good Country People," continued |
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Discussion Forum Deadline for O'Connor |
F |
November 11 |
PART TWO EXAM |
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November 14 |
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Vol. I, Chs. I-VIII |
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November 16 |
Austen, Vol. I, Chs. IX-XVI |
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November 18 |
Austen, Vol. I, Chs. XVII-XXIII |
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November 21 |
Austen, Vol. II, Chs. I-VI |
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November 23 |
Austen, Vol. II, Chs. VII-XIII |
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November 25 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 28 |
Austen, Vol. II, Chs. XIV-XIX |
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November 30 |
Austen, Vol. III, Chs. I-V |
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December 2 |
Austen, Vol. III, Chs. VI-X |
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December 5 |
Austen, Vol. III, Chs. XI-XIX |
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Discussion Forum Deadline for Austen |
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December 7 |
Kay Ryan, "Stations" (12), "Bitter Pill" (18), "Shift" (23), "Spiderweb" (26) |
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December 9 |
Ryan, "The Mock Ruin" (40), "Slant" (44), "Les Natures Profondément Bonnes Sont Toujours Indécises" (56), "Force" (67) |
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Discussion Forum Deadline for Ryan |
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December 12 |
Ryan, "How a Thought Thinks" (101), "To a Young Anglerfish" (107), "Part Midas" (135), "The Excluded Animals" (157) |
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December 15 |
Ryan, "Composition" (159), "Grazing Horses" (166), "Waste" (167), "Lime Light" (190) |
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Discussion Forum Response 2 due |
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December 17 |
Ryan, "Drops in the Bucket" (192), "Dutch" (194-5), "Home to Roost" (210), "The Other Shoe" (219) |
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December 20 |
FINAL EXAMINATION FROM NOON TO 1:55PM |
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