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ENG 104
Intro to Literature--Fiction, Fall 2008
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Calendar:
These are the assigned readings. All short stories
are in Gioia & Gwynn, The Art of the Short Story. Please
read each of the readings before class for the date listed
and be prepared to express thoughtful opinions. We will change individual
readings and due dates as needs and interests dictate.
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Week |
Date |
Reading
to be discussed / Class Activity |
Writing to turn in |
| 1 |
Tu 9/23 |
/Introduction
to the course
Plot 849-54
Margaret Atwood, "Happy
Endings " 21-25 |
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Th 9/25 |
D.
H. Lawrence, "The Rocking Horse Winner " 517-29
"Sociological Criticism
" 892-95
Characterization 854-57
Flannery O' Connor, "A
Good Man Is Hard to Find " 677-89; 704-06
James Joyce, "Araby " 430-34;
464 |
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| 2 |
Tu 9/30 |
Point of View 857-58
William Faulkner, "A Rose
for Emily " 238-45
Stephen Crane, "The Open
Boat " 195-216
Setting 859-60
John Cheever, "The Swimmer
" 123-32
Bobbie Ann Mason, "Shiloh
" 577-89 |
Quiz |
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Th 10/2 |
Theme 860-61
Ralph Ellison, "A Party
Down at the Square " 218-23
"Reader-Response Criticism
" 897-98
Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas " 531-36
Style 861-62
Ernest Hemingway, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place "
370-76
"Formalist Criticism " 879
/ First essay assignment explained |
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| 3 |
Tu 10/7 |
Down the Rabbit-Hole: Dreams, Play, & Nonsense
Lewis Carroll, Alice' s Adventures in Wonderland
1-39 (Ch. 1-4) |
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Th 10/9 |
Lewis
Carroll, Alice' s Adventures in Wonderland 40-77 (Ch.
5-8) |
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| 4 |
Tu 10/14 |
Lewis
Carroll, Alice' s Adventures in Wonderland 78-110 (Ch.
9-12) |
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Th 10/16 |
Sandra
Cisneros, "Barbie-Q " 160-63
Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" 287-95 |
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| 5 |
Tu 10/21 |
Social Critique & Dystopias
Cormac McCarthy, The Road 1-96 |
Essay |
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Th 10/23 |
Cormac
McCarthy, The Road 97-192 |
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| 6 |
Tu 10/28 |
Cormac McCarthy, The Road 193-287 |
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Th 10/30 |
Nathaniel
Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown " 347-57
"Historical Criticism
" 884-85
Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery
" 389-98 |
Reading
responses |
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| 7 |
Tu 11/4 |
Passion & Vengeance
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights 1-84 |
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Th 11/6 |
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights 85-168 |
Quiz |
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| 8 |
Tu 11/11 |
Veterans Day—no class |
Essay |
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Th 11/13 |
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights 169-252
"Psychological Criticism " 887-88 |
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| 9 |
Tu 11/18 |
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights 253-337
"Cultural Studies " 901-04 |
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Th 11/20 |
Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour " 157-59
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart " 721-25
Daniel Hoffman, "The Father-Figure in "The
Tell-Tale Heart' " 888-89 |
Reading
responses |
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| 10 |
Tu 11/25 |
Politics & Narrative Innovations & Experiments
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 1-79 |
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Th 11/27 |
Thanksgiving Holiday—no class |
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| 11 |
Tu 12/2 |
Marjane
Satrapi, Persepolis 80-153
Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
"The Yellow Wallpaper " 296-309
"Gender Criticism " 895-97 |
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Th 12/4 |
/
Review
Glossary of Literary Terms
905-20 |
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| 12 |
Tu 12/9 |
Final
Examination |
Exam |
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