English 3564
Syllabus
Schedule
Assignments
Extras
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Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the class. I will announce any changes to this schedule should the need present itself.
January 22 |
Introduction, course overview |
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Unit One: Conflicted Symbols |
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January 24 | Robert Frost, "Mowing," "After Apple Picking" |
January 27 | Robert Frost, "Mending Wall" |
January 29 | Frost, "The Code, " "The Oven Bird" |
January 31 | Frost, "The Wood Pile" |
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February 3 | Frost, "For Once, Then, Something", "The Black Cottage," FROST LINK DEADLINE |
February 5 | Frost, "Birches" |
February 7 | Charles Chesnutt, The House behind the Cedars, chs. 1-7 |
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February 10 | Chesnutt, chs. 8-14 |
February 12 | Chesnutt, chs. 15-22 |
February 14 | Chesnutt, chs. 23-30 |
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February 17 | Chesnutt, chs. 31-33, CHESNUTT LINK DEADLINE |
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February 19 | EXAM ONE |
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Unit Two: Power Plays |
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February 21 | William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I. |
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February 24 | Shakespeare, Acts II-III |
February 26 | Shakespeare, Acts IV-V |
February 28 | Shakespeare's Macbeth, performances and intepretations |
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March 3 | Shakespeare's Macbeth, conclusions, SHAKESPEARE LINK DEADLINE |
March 5 | Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, "The Book of the Grotesque," "Hands," "Paper Pills," "Mother" |
March 7 | Anderson, "The Philosopher," "Nobody Knows," "Godliness" |
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March 10 | Anderson, "A Man of Ideas," "Adventure," "Respectability," "The Thinker" |
March 12 | Anderson, "Tandy," "The Strength of God," "The Teacher" |
March 14 | Anderson, "Loneliness," "An Awakening," "Queer" |
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March 17, 19, 21 | Spring Break |
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March 24 | Anderson, "The Untold Lie," "Drink" |
March 26 | Anderson, "Death," "Sophistication," "Departure", ANDERSON LINK DEADLINE |
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March 28 | EXAM TWO |
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Unit Three: The Outsider |
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March 31 | Sylvia Plath, "Balloons" |
April 2 | Plath, "Lady Lazarus," "Daddy" |
April 4 | Plath, "Cut," "Berck-Plage" |
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April 7 | Plath, "Ariel," "Fever 103°" |
April 9 | Plath, "The Bee Meeting," "The Arrival of the Bee Box" |
April 11 | Plath, "Gulliver" |
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April 14 | Plath, "Words", PLATH LINK DEADLINE |
April 16 | Ondaatje, The English Patient, ch. I.The Villa |
April 18 | Ondaatje, ch. II.In Near Ruins |
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April 21 | Ondaatje, ch. III.Sometime a Fire |
April 23 | Ondaatje, ch. IV.South Cairo 1930-1938 |
April 25 | Ondaatje, ch. V.Katharine |
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April 28 | Ondaatje, ch. VI.A Buried Plane |
April 30 | Ondaatje, ch. VII.In Situ, ONDAATJE LINK DEADLINE |
May 2 | Ondaatje, ch. VIII.The Holy Forest |
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May 5 | Ondaatje, ch. IX.The Cave of Swimmers |
May 7 | Ondaatje, ch. X.August |
May 9 | Ondaatje, concluding thoughts |
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May 12 | FINAL EXAM FROM NOON TO 2PM. |
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