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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January 17 |
Introduction |
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January 19 |
Robert Frost, A Boy's Will and North of Boston, "Storm Fear," "Mowing" |
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January 22 |
Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall" |
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January 24 |
Frost, "Mending Wall" (continued), "The Death of the Hired Man" |
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January 26 |
Frost, "Home Burial," "After Apple Picking" |
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January 29 |
Frost, "The Code," "The Fear" |
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January 31 |
Frost, "The Wood-Pile" |
Web-X 1 Due |
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February 2 |
N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain, Prologue, Introduction |
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February 5 |
Momaday, The Setting Out |
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February 7 |
Momaday, The Going On |
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February 9 |
Momaday, The Closing In, Epilogue |
Web-X 1 Response Due |
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February 12 |
Momaday, concluding thoughts |
Web-X 2 on Momaday Due* |
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February 14 |
PART ONE EXAM |
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February 16 |
Charles W. Chesnutt, The House behind the Cedars, chs. I-III |
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February 19 |
Chesnutt, chs. IV-VI |
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February 21 |
Chesnutt, chs. VII-X |
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February 23 |
Chesnutt, chs. XI-XIV |
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February 26 |
Chesnutt, chs. XV-XVIII |
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February 28 |
Chesnutt, chs. XIX-XXII |
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March 2 |
Chesnutt,. chs. XXIII-XXVII |
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March 5 |
Chesnutt, chs. XXVIII-XXXI |
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March 7 |
Chesnutt, chs. XXXII-end |
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March 9 |
Chesnutt, concluding thoughts |
Web-X 2 on Chesnutt Due* |
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March 12-16 |
SPRING BREAK |
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March 19 |
Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night, Act I |
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March 21 |
O'Neill, Act II |
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March 23 |
O'Neill, Act III |
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March 26 |
O'Neill, Act IV |
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March 28 |
O'Neill, concluding thoughts |
Web-X 2 on O'Neill Due* |
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March 30 |
PART TWO EXAM |
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April 2 |
Toni Morrison, Sula, pp. 1-29 |
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April 4 |
Morrison, pp. 30-66 |
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April 6 |
Morrison, pp.67-85 |
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April 9 |
Morrison, pp. 86-111 |
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April 11 |
Morrison, pp. 112-149 |
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April 13 |
Morrison, pp. 150-end |
Web-X 2 on Morrison Due* |
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April 16 |
Poems from J. D. McClatchy's collection of Contemporary American Poetry:
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo," "In the Waiting Room" |
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April 18 |
Robert Lowell, "Memories of West Street and Lepke," "Skunk Hour" |
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April 20 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "Filling Station"
C. K. Williams, "The Gas Station" |
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April 23 |
Howard Nemerov, "Storm Windows," "Writing" |
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April 25 |
Sylvia Plath, "The Colossus," "Lady Lazarus" |
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April 27 |
Philip Levine, "The Horse," "They Feed They Lion" |
Web-X 2 on Contemporary Poetry Due* |
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April 30 |
Michael Palmer,"H," "The White Notebook" |
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May 2 |
Kay Ryan, "Mirage Oases," "The Old Cosmologists," "That Will to Divest," "Drops in the Bucket" |
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May 4 |
Gjertrud Schnackenberg, "The Paperweight," "Signs" |
Web-X 2 Response Due |
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May 7 |
FINAL EXAMINATION FROM 8 TO 9:55AM |
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*Web-X 2 Deadlines only apply to students who have signed up for that particular author. |
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