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.
Modernism |
W |
January 23 |
Introduction-Modernism and Its Legacy |
M |
January 28 |
Wallace Stevens, "Earthy Anecdote," "The Plot against the Giant," "Domination of Black," "Metaphors of a Magnifico," "Anecdote of the Jar" |
W |
January 30 |
Stevens, "Six Significant Landscapes," "Anatomy of Monotony," "Study of Two Pears," "So-and-So Reclining on Her Couch" |
M |
February 4 |
Stevens, "The Idea of Order at Key West," "The Man with the Blue Guitar," "A Thought Revolved" |
W |
February 6 |
Stevens, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," "Sunday Morning" |
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M |
February 11 |
Willa Cather, My Antonia, Introduction, Book I |
W |
February 13 |
Cather, Books II |
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M |
February 18 |
Cather, Books III-IV |
W |
February 20 |
Cather, Book V |
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M |
February 25 |
Midterm Examination |
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After Modernism |
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W |
February 27 |
Raymond Carver, "Why Don't You Dance?" "Viewfinder," "Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit," "Gazebo" |
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M |
March 3 |
Carver, "I Could See the Smallest Things," "Sacks," "The Bath," "Tell the Women We're Going" |
W |
March 5 |
Carver, "After the Denim," "So Much Water So Close to Home," "The Third Thing that Killed My Father Off," "A Serious Talk" |
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M |
March 10 |
Carver, "The Calm," "Popular Mechanics," "Everything Stuck to Him," "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love," "One More Thing" |
W |
March 12 |
David Mamet, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, pp. 1-27 |
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March 17-21 |
Spring Break |
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M |
March 24 |
Mamet, pp. 27-48 |
W |
March 26 |
Mamet, pp. 48-end
Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, "The World's Greatest Fishermen" |
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M |
March 31 |
Erdrich, "Saint Marie," "Wild Geese," "The Island," "The Beads" |
W |
April 2 |
Erdrich, "Lulu's Boys," "The Plunge of the Brave," "Flesh and Blood" |
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M |
April 7 |
Erdrich, "A Bridge," "The Red Convertible," "Scales," "Crown of Thorns" |
W |
April 9 |
Erdrich, "Love Medicine," "Resurrection," "The Good Tears" |
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M |
April 14 |
Erdrich, "The Tomahawk Factory," "Lyman's Luck," "Crossing the Water" |
W |
April 16 |
George, Saunders, "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline," "Isabelle," "The Wavemaker Falters" |
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M |
April 21 |
Saunders, "The 400-Pound CEO," "Offloading Mrs. Schwartz," "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror" |
W |
April 23 |
Saunders, "Bounty" |
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M |
April 28 |
Saunders, "Bounty," continued
Robert Pinsky, "The City Dark," "Ginza Samba," "In Berkeley" |
W |
April 30 |
Pinsky, "City Elegies," "Avenue," "Impossible to Tell," "Shirt," "The Night Game"
Bring a draft of your research paper to class for peer editing. |
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M |
May 5 |
Pinsky, "The Factory," "The Ghost Hammer," "At Pleasure Bay," "History of My Heart," "The Street" |
W |
May 7 |
Pinsky, "Poem about People," "Waiting," "Discretions of Alcibiades," "Sadness and Happiness"
Research Paper due |
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T |
May 13 |
Final Exam 4-5:55pm |
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