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 2 |
Introduction |
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September 4 |
Robert Frost, "Wind and Window Flower," "To the Thawing Wind," "Mowing" |
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September 9 |
Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall," "The Death of the Hired Man" |
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September 11 |
Frost, "After Apple-Picking," "The Code" |
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September 16 |
Frost, "The Wood-Pile," "The Fear" |
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September 18 |
QUIZ ON ROBERT FROST
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Chapters I-IV |
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September 23 |
Hemingway, Chapters V-VII |
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September 25 |
Hemingway, Chapters VIII-XI |
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September 30 |
Hemingway, Chapters XII-XIV |
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October 2 |
Hemingway, Chapters XV-XVI |
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October 7 |
Hemingway, Chapters XVII-XIX |
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October 9 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION |
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October 14 |
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book One, Chapters 1-4 |
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October 16 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 5-8 |
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October 21 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 9-12 |
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October 23 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 13-15
QUIZ ON EDITH WHARTON, BOOK ONE |
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October 28 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 1-4 |
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October 30 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 5-8 |
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November 4 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 9-11 |
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November 6 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 12-14 |
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November 11 |
PART TWO EXAMINATION |
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November 13 |
August Wilson, Fences Act One, Scenes 1 and 2 |
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November 18 |
Wilson, Act One, Scenes 3 and 4 |
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November 20 |
Wilson, Act Two
CHARACTER ANALYSIS DUE |
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November 25 |
Wilson, Act Two |
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November 27 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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December 2 |
Ryan, "Odd Blocks" (3), "The Edges of Time" (4), "Retroactive" (20), "Shift" (23), "Leaving Spaces" (38) |
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December 4 |
Ryan, "Glass Slippers" (52), "Les Natures Pronfondément Bonnes Sont Toujours Indécises" (56), "Force" (67) |
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December 9 |
Ryan, "Crib" (98), "How a Thought Thinks" (101), "Simply by Growing Larger" (106), "Lacunae" (120), "Insult" (124) |
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December 11 |
Ryan, "The Cabinet of Curiosities" (129), "Part Midas" (135), "Say Uncle" (149), "Composition" (159), "Waste" (167) |
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December 18 |
FINAL EXAMINATION, noon-1:55pm |
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