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.
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January 18 |
Introduction |
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January 23 |
Wallace Stevens, "Domination of Black" (8-9), "The Emperor of Ice Cream" (64), "Sunday Morning" (66-70) |
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January 25 |
Stevens, "Sunday Morning" (continued), "Six Significant Landscapes" (73-75), "Anecdote of the Jar" (76), "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" (92-95) |
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January 30 |
Stevens, "The Idea of Order at Key West" (128-130), "Study of Two Pears" (196)
Stevens Quiz |
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February 1 |
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Book I, Chs. I-VII |
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February 6 |
Hemingway, Book II, Chs. VIII-XII |
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February 8 |
Hemingway, Book II, Chs. XIII-XVIII
Research Paper Proposal Due |
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February 13 |
Hemingway, Book III |
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February 15 |
Early-term Examination |
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February 20 |
William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!, Chs. 1-2 |
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February 22 |
Faulkner, Chs. 3-4 |
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February 27 |
Faulkner, Ch. 5 |
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February 29 |
Faulkner, Ch. 6 |
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March 5 |
Faulkner, Ch. 7 |
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March 7 |
Faulkner, Chs. 8-9
Faulkner Quiz |
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March 12-16 |
Spring Break |
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March 19 |
Edward Albee, Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Act One |
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March 21 |
Albee, Act Two
Annotated Bibliography Due |
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March 26 |
Albee, Act Three |
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March 28 |
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Map" (3), "The Imaginary Iceberg" (4), "The Monument" (23-24), "The Fish" (42-44) |
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April 2 |
Bishop, "At the Fishhouses" (64-66), "Brazil, January 1, 1502" (91-92), "The Armadillo" (103-104), "Under the Window: Ouro Prêto" (153-154) |
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April 4 |
Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" (159-161), "Crusoe in England" (162-166), "Poem" (176-177)
Albee/Bishop Quiz |
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April 9 |
Toni Morrison, Beloved, pp. 1-75 |
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April 11 |
Morrison, pp. 76-156 |
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April 16 |
Morrison, pp. 157-235
Peer-Editing of Research Paper |
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April 18 |
Morrison, pp. 236-324 |
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April 23 |
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Chs. 1-3 |
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April 25 |
Egan, Chs. 4-7 |
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April 30 |
Egan, Chs. 8-11
Final Draft of Research Paper Due |
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May 2 |
Egan, Chs. 12-13 |
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May 8 |
Final Exam, noon-1:55pm |
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