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 19 |
Introduction |
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January 21 |
Robert Frost, "To the Thawing Wind," "Mowing" |
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January 24 |
Frost, "The Tuft of Flowers" |
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January 26 |
Frost, "Mending Wall" |
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January 28 |
Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man" |
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M |
January 31 |
Frost, "After Apple-Picking" |
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February 2 |
Frost, "The Code" |
F |
February 4 |
Frost, "The Wood-Pile" |
WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE |
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M |
February 7 |
August Wilson, Fences, Act One, Scenes 1 and 2 |
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February 9 |
Wilson, Act One, Scenes 3 and 4 |
F |
February 11 |
Wilson, Act Two |
WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DUE |
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February 14 |
Wilson, concluding thoughts |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR WILSON* |
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February 16 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION |
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February 18 |
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book One, Chapters 1-3 |
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M |
February 22 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 4-6 |
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February 24 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 7-9 |
F |
February 26 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 10-12 |
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M |
February 28 |
Wharton, Book One, Chapters 13-15 |
W |
March 2 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 1-3 |
F |
March 4 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 4-6 |
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M |
March 7 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 7-9 |
W |
March 9 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 10-12 |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR WHARTON* |
F |
March 11 |
Wharton, Book Two, Chapters 13-14 |
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March 14-18 |
Spring Break |
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M |
March 21 |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-3 |
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March 23 |
Hurston, Chapters 4-5 |
F |
March 25 |
Hurston, Chapters 6-7 |
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M |
March 28 |
Hurston, Chapters 8-11 |
W |
March 30 |
Hurston, Chapters 12-14 |
F |
April 1 |
Hurston, Chapters 15-18 |
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M |
April 4 |
Hurston, Chapters 19-20 |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR HURSTON* |
W |
April 6 |
PART TWO EXAMINATION |
F |
April 8 |
Don DeLillo, White Noise, Waves and Radiation, Chapters 1-11 |
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M |
April 11 |
DeLillo, Waves and Radiation, Chapters 12-20 |
W |
April 13 |
DeLillo, Airborne Toxic Event, Chapter 21 |
F |
April 15 |
DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 22-26 |
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M |
April 18 |
DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 27-32 |
W |
April 20 |
DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 33-36 |
F |
April 22 |
DeLillo, Dylarama, Chapters 37-40 |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR DELILLO* |
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M |
April 25 |
Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour" (10) |
W |
April 27 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" (34) |
F |
April 29 |
Howard Nemerov, "Storm Windows" (117), "Writing" (118) |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR MCCLATCHY COLLECTION* |
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M |
May 2 |
Galway Kinnell, "The Bear" (297) |
W |
May 4 |
Kay Ryan, "The Old Cosmologists" (532), "That Will to Divest" (532), "Drops in the Bucket" (533) |
F |
May 6 |
Rita Dove, "Parsley" (558) |
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M |
May 9 |
FINAL EXAMINATION, 4-5:55pm |
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* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author. |
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