Writ. 151/Comp. 2--Spring 04
Week1
Wednesday, 1/28
Snow Day
Friday, 1/30
Introduction to class
Week 2
Wednesday, 2/4
Introduction to short stories
Poe, “The Purloined Letter”
http://eserver.org/books/poe/purloined_letter.htm
Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (hand-out)
Chopin, "The Story of an Hour” (hand-out)
Friday, 2/6
Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (p. 331-40)
Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil” (p. 341-49)
Perspectives (p. 371-374)
Week 3
Wednesday, 2/11
Hawthorne, “Rappaccini’s Daughter” http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/Hawthorne/Rappaccini.htm
Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” (p. 359-370)
Critical essays (p. 375-379)
Friday, 2/13
Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (p. 116-140)
Perspectives (p. 141-144)
Week 4
Wednesday 2/18
Hemingway, “Soldier’s Home” (p. 152-157)
Faulkner, “A Rose For Emily” (p. 75-81)
Perspectives (p 82-84)
Friday, 2/20
Faulkner, “Barn Burning” (p. 493-505)
Perspectives (p. 506-513)
Sample paper (p. 515-518)
Week 5
Wednesday, 2/25
Naguib Mahfouz, “The Answer is No” (p. 634-636)
Cade Bambera, “The Lesson” (hand-out)
Kincaid, “Girl” (p. 584-585)
Stephen King, “Suffer the Little Children” (hand-out)
Friday, 2/27
Bessie Head, “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” (p. 629-633)
Sally Morgan, “The Letter” (hand-out)
Louise Erdrich, “Scales” (hand-out)
Week 6
Wednesday, 3/3
MIDTERM ESSAY EXAM
Friday, 3/5
Introduction to Drama;
Shakespeare, Hamlet (p. 1450-1490; Acts I-II);
Portrait, Chronology, Shakespeare’s Theatre (p. 1383-89)
Week 7
Wednesday, 3/10
Shakespeare, Hamlet (p. 1490-1547; Acts III-V);
Perspectives (p. 1548-1554);
MOVIE: Mel Gibson’s “Hamlet”
Friday, 3/12
MOVIE: Mel Gibson’s “Hamlet”
Week 8
Wednesday, 3/17
Comparison play/movie;
Ibsen, A Doll House (p. 1568-1587; Act I)
Friday, 3/19
Ibsen, A Doll House (p. 1587-1616; Acts II-III);
Perspectives (p. 1617-1618)
Week 9
Wednesday, 3/24
PROPOSAL FOR ESSAY PAPER DUE
Wilson, The Piano Lesson (p. 2031-2087)
Friday, 3/26
Eva Johnson, Murras (hand-out)
Wole Soyinka, The Strong Breed (p. 1956-1980)
Week 10
Wednesday, 3/31
ROUGH DRAFT FOR ESSAY PAPER DUE; WORKSHOP
Friday, 4/2
SHORT ESSAY PAPER DUE
Introduction to research; Introduction to poetry
Week 11
NO CLASSES—SPRING RECESS
Week 12
Wednesday, 4/14
LIBRARY TOUR
Friday, 4/16
Selected poems
Week 13
Wednesday, 4/21
PROPOSAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR RESEARCH PAPER DUE
Selected poems
Friday, 4/23
Selected poems
Week 14
Wednesday, 4/28
ROUGH DRAFT FOR RESEARCH PAPER DUE
Contemporary poetry; songs
Friday, 4/30
Contemporary poetry; songs
Week 15
Wednesday, 5/5
Selected poems
Friday, 5/7
RESEARCH PAPER DUE
FINAL EXAM: TIME AND PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED