The following course schedule is a polished estimate of assigned readings and written assignments. It is subject to update at any time so as to best meet the needs and pace of the entire class. Therefore, it is important that each student visits this page frequently to keep current with the information detailed below.
Students can access, download, and print assigned readings distributed electronically by clicking the link embedded in the last name of a text's author.
Week One – What is literature and why read it?
M 1/30
: In-class writing sample
Weeks Two – Five ((Fiction)) – Ways of Talking about Literature
M 2/6
: RL – Grace, “Butterflies” (14-15)
: RL – Intro to Short Fiction (60-65)
: RL – The Vocabulary of Literature: Action and Events (26-32)
M 2/13
: College Closed (Lincoln's Birthday)
M 2/20
: College Closed (President’s Day)
T 2/21
: All Classes follow a Monday Schedule
: RL – O’Brien, “The Things They Carried” (934-948)
: Vonnegut, "Just You and Me, Sammy”
: RL – The Vocabulary of Literature: People (32-41)
: Rubric for Short Paper #1
: e-jrnl#1
: e-jrnl#2
M 2/27
: RL – Joyce, "Araby" (206-211)
: RL – Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (532-545)
: RL – The Vocabulary of Literature: Places and Times (41-46)
: e-jrnl#3
M 3/5
: RL – The Vocabulary of Literature: Words and Images, Sounds and Patterns (47-53); Ideas (53-56)
: Short Paper #1 Due – Bring two extra copies of your paper to class for a peer-edit
Weeks Six – Eight ((Poetry)) – Considering Genre and Listening to Other Voices
M 3/12
: RL – Intro to Poetry (65-70)
: RL – Shelley, “Ozymandias” (962-963)
: RL – Dickinson, “Apparently with no surprise”, “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—“, “The Bustle in a House” (1187-1189)
: Rubric for Short Paper #2
: e-jrnl#4
M 3/19
: Short Paper #2 Due – Bring two extra copies of your paper to class for a peer-edit
Weeks Nine – Twelve ((Drama)) – Writing to Respond, Compare, Analyze, Explicate, and Evaluate
M 3/26
: RL – Intro to Drama (70-78)
: RL – Wasserstein, “The Man in a Case” (17-23)
: RL – Synge, "Riders to the Sea" (874-883)
: Revised Short Paper #1 Due
: Rubric for Short Paper #3
: e-jrnl#5
M 4/2
: Sartre, No Exit
: e-jrnl#6
M 4/9
: No Classes (Spring Recess)
Weeks Thirteen – Sixteen ((Nonfiction)) – Argument, Critical Thinking, and Research
M 4/16
: Rubric for Final Paper
: Revised Short Paper #2 Due
: Short Paper #3 Due – Bring two extra copies of your paper to class for a peer-edit
M 4/23
: CLASS CANCELED
M 4/30
: RL – Intro to Nonfiction (78-82)
: RL – Woolf, “The Death of the Moth” (895-898)
: e-jrnl#7
M 5/7
: Revised Short Paper #3 Due
: RL – Walker, “To Hell with Dying” (1180-1185)
: RL – Gould, "The Median Isn't the Message" (1131-1135)
: e-jrnl#8
M 5/14
: Final Paper Due
M 5/21
: Final Exam (6p in 2A05)
