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 23 |
Introduction |
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January 25 |
Robert Frost, A Boy's Will and North of Boston, "Storm Fear," "Mowing" |
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January 28 |
Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers," "Mending Wall" |
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January 30 |
Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man," "Home Burial" |
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February 1 |
Frost, "After Apple-Picking," "The Code" |
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February 4 |
Frost, "The Fear" |
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February 6 |
Frost, "The Wood-Pile" |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 1 on Frost |
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February 8 |
Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act I |
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February 11 |
Wilder, Act II |
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February 13 |
Wilder, Act III |
Response to Web-X 1 due |
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February 15 |
Wilder, concluding thoughts |
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February 18 |
PART ONE EXAM |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Wilder |
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February 20 |
Kent Haruf, Plainsong, pp. 1-30 |
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February 22 |
Haruf, pp. 31-57 |
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February 25 |
Haruf, pp. 58-91 |
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February 27 |
Haruf, pp. 92-121 |
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February 29 |
Haruf, pp. 122-151 |
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March 3 |
Haruf, pp. 152-186 |
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March 5 |
Haruf, pp. 187-216 |
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March 7 |
Haruf, pp. 217-246 |
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March 10 |
Haruf, 263-end |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Haruf |
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March 12 |
Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple, chs. I-VIII |
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March 14 |
Rowson, chs. IX-XVI |
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March 17-21 |
Spring Break |
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March 24 |
Rowson, chs. XVII-XXVI |
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March 26 |
Rowson, chs. XXVII-end |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Rowson |
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March 28 |
Rowson, concluding thoughts |
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March 31 |
PART TWO EXAM |
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April 2 |
Toni Morrison, Beloved, pp. 1-33 |
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April 4 |
Morrison, pp. 34-67 |
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April 7 |
Morrison, pp. 68-100 |
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April 9 |
Morrison, pp. 101-133 |
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April 11 |
Morrison, pp. 134-160 |
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April 14 |
Morrison,pp. 161-195 |
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April 16 |
Morrison, pp. 196-247 |
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April 18 |
Morrison, pp. 248-277 |
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April 21 |
Morrison, pp. 278-end |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on Morrison |
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April 23 |
Poems from the Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour," "Memories of West Street and Lepke" |
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April 25 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Armadillo," "Filling Station" |
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April 28 |
May Swenson, "Teleology"
Howard Nemerov, "Money" |
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April 30 |
James Dickey, "The Heaven of Animals"
Anthony Hecht, "A Hill" |
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May 2 |
Frank O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter"
A. R. Ammons, "He Held a Radical Light" |
Web-X Deadline for Web-X 2 on a poem from the McClatchy Collection |
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May 5 |
Galway Kinnell, "The Bear"
Philip Levine, "The Horse" |
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May 7 |
Audre Lorde, "Afterimages" |
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May 9 |
Frank Bidart, "Another Life" |
Response to Web-X 2 due |
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May 13 |
FINAL EXAMINATION FROM NOON TO 1:55PM |
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