English 3906
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.
| T | September 2 | Introduction |
| Th | September 4 | Charles E. Bressler, Literary Criticism, Chapter 1 |
| T | September 9 | Bressler, Chapter 2 |
| Th | September 11 | Quiz on Bressler, Chs. 1-2 Bressler, Chapter 3 |
| T | September 16 | Bressler, Chapter 4 Peer Edit Book Review |
| Th | September 18 | Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Custom-House" |
| T | September 23 | Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapters I-V |
| Th | September 25 | Hawthorne, Chapters VII-IX Book Review Due |
| T | September 30 | Hawthorne, Chapters X-XIV |
| Th | October 2 | Hawthorne, Chapters XV-XIX |
| T | October 7 | Hawthorne, Chapters XX-XXIV |
| Th | October 9 | Midterm Exam |
| T | October 14 | Hawthorne, Letters (219-232) Michael Winship, "Hawthorne and the 'Scribbling Women': Publishing The Scarlet Letter in the Nineteenth-Century United States" (418-426) |
| Th | October 16 | Laura Hanft Korobkin, "The Scarlet Letter of the Law: Hawthorne and Criminal Justice" (426-451) Peer-edit Passage Analysis Paper |
| T | October 21 | Millicent Bell, "The Obliquity of Signs: The Scarlet Letter" (451-463) |
| T | October 23 | Stephen Railton, "The Address of The Scarlet Letter" (481-500) Passage Analysis Paper Due |
| T | October 28 | Nina Baym, "Revisiting Hawthorne's Feminism" (541-558) Quiz on Hawthorne's Critics |
| Th | October 30 | Bressler, Chapter 5 |
| T | November 4 | Bressler, Chapters 6-7 |
| Th | November 6 | Bressler, Chapters 9-10 |
| T | November 11 | Quiz on Bressler William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I |
| Th | November 13 | Shakespeare, Acts II and III |
| T | November 18 | Shakespeare, Acts IV and V |
| Th | November 20 | Edward Pechter, "Othello in Its Own Time" (129-151) Peer-Edit Critical Analysis Paper |
| T | November 25 | Thomas Rymer, "A Bloody Farce" (201-210) G. K. Hunter, "Othello and Colour Prejudice" (248-262) |
| Th | November 27 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| T | December 2 | Lynda E. Boose, "Othello's Handkerchief: 'The Recognizance and Pledge of Love'" (262-275) |
| Th | December 4 | Mark Rose, "Othello's Occupation" (275-289) Critical Analysis Paper Due in Class |
| T | December 9 | James R. Siemon, "'Nay, That's Not Next': Othello, [5.2] in Performance, 1760-1900" (289-306) |
| Th | December 11 | Michael Neill, "Unproper Beds: Race, Adultery and the Hideous in Othello" (306-328) |
| M | December 15 | Final Exam, 12-1:55pm |
9 September 2014