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 |
Ernest Hemingway, "On the Quai at Smyrna," "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The End of Something," "The Three-Day Blow" |
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January 24 |
Hemingway, "The Battler," "A Very Short Story," "Soldier's Home," "The Revolutionist," "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot," "Cat in the Rain," "Out of Season" |
Th |
January 26 |
Hemingway, "Cross-Country Snow," "My Old Man," "Big Two-Hearted River: Parts I and II" |
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T |
January 31 |
Hemingway Quiz Richard Wright, "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow," "Big Boy Leaves Home" |
Th |
February 2 |
Wright, "Down by the Riverside"
BRING WORKING DRAFT OF PASSAGE ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING |
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February 7 |
Wright, "Long Black Song" |
Th |
February 9 |
Wright, "Fire and Cloud" |
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February 14 |
Wright, "Bright and Morning Star"
PASSAGE ANALYSIS DUE IN CLASS |
Th |
February 16 |
Wright Quiz
Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," "The River" |
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February 21 |
O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," "A Stroke of Good Fortune" |
Th |
February 23 |
O'Connor, "The Artificial Nigger," "A Circle in the Fire" |
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T |
February 28 |
O'Connor, "Good Country People," "The Displaced Person" |
Th |
March 1 |
Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," "The Garden of Forking Paths"
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
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March 6 |
Borges, "The Lottery in Babylon," "Pierre Menard, The Author of Quixote" |
Th |
March 8 |
Borges, "The Library of Babel," "Funes the Memorious," "The Shape of the Sword" |
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March 12-16 |
Spring Break |
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T |
March 20 |
Borges, "Death and the Compass," "Three Versions of Judas, "The Immortal" |
Th |
March 22 |
Borges Quiz
Tillie Olsen, "Tell Me a Riddle" |
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T |
March 27 |
Raymond Carver, "Why Don't Your Dance," "Viewfinder," "Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit" |
Th |
March 29 |
Carver, "Gazebo," "I Could See the Smallest Things," "Sacks" |
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T |
April 3 |
Carver, "The Bath," "Tell the Women We're Going," "After the Denim" |
Th |
April 5 |
Carver, "So Much Water So Close to Home," "The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off," "A Serious Talk" |
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T |
April 10 |
Carver, "The Calm," "Popular Mechanics," "Everything Stuck to Him," "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love," "One More Thing" |
Th |
April 12 |
Carver Quiz
Donald Barthelme, "Me and Miss Mandible," "The Emerald" |
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T |
April 17 |
Barthelme, "The King of Jazz"
George Saunders, "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline," "Isabelle" |
Th |
April 19 |
Saunders, "The Wavemaker Falters," "The 400-Pound CEO" |
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T |
April 24 |
Saunders, "Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz," "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror" |
Th |
April 26 |
Saunders Quiz
Presentations
ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE IN CLASS |
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May 1 |
Presentations |
Th |
May 3 |
Presentations |
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F |
May 11 |
Final Exam, 10-11:55am |
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