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 21 |
Introduction |
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January 26 |
Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs, 1-10 (The Return-Where the Pennyroyal Grew) |
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January 28 |
Jewett, 11-20 (The Old Singers-Along Shore) |
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February 2 |
Jewett, 21-24 (A Dunnett Shepherdess-The Backward View) |
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February 4 |
QUIZ ON JEWETT'S THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, pp. 3-52 |
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February 9 |
Faulkner, pp. 53-102 |
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February 11 |
Faulkner, 103-155 |
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February 16 |
Presentation on Faulkner Criticism
Faulkner, 156-209 |
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February 18 |
Faulkner, 210-261 |
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February 23 |
Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men, Part One, Chapters 1-3 |
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February 25 |
Hurston, Part One, Chapters 4-6 |
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March 2 |
Hurston, Part One, Chapters 7-10 |
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March 4 |
Presentation on Hurston Criticism
Hurston, Part Two, Chapters 1-4 |
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March 9 |
Hurston, Part Two, Chapters 5-7 |
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March 11 |
MIDTERM: REGIONALISM AND ETHNOGRAPHY |
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March 16-20 |
Spring Break |
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March 23 |
James Dickey, Deliverance, Before, September 14th |
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March 25 |
Presentation on Dickey Criticism
Dickey, September 15th
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE |
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March 30 |
Dickey, September 16th, After |
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April 1 |
Raymond Carver, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, "Why Don't You Dance," "Gazebo," "The Bath" |
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April 6 |
Presentation on Carver Criticism
Carver, "Tell the Women We're Going," "After the Denim," "So Much Water So Close to Home" |
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April 8 |
Carver, "The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off," "A Serious Talk," "One More Thing," "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love" |
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April 13 |
QUIZ ON DICKEY AND CARVER
Kent Haruf, Plainsong, 3-71 |
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April 15 |
Haruf, 72-151
PEER-EDITING OF RESEARCH PAPER |
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April 20 |
Presentation on Haruf Criticism
Haruf, 152-228 |
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April 22 |
Haruf, 229-301 |
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April 27 |
Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1-64 |
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April 23 |
Presentation on Silko Criticism
Silko, 65-130 |
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May 4 |
Silko, 131-213 |
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May 6 |
Silko, 214-262
RESEARCH PAPER DUE |
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May 12 |
FINAL EXAMINATION, NOON-1:50PM |
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