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Course Calendar & Presentations
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Calendar
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Using all of this information requires a bit of organization, so follow these general instructions.
For each week, begin by reading assigned work from the two hard texts. There will be rhetoric from
Arp & Johnson in Story and Structure (S&S). The stories themselves, listed by title and author,
are also in S&S. You are then to download the chosen web site for that week, listed as a
link on the syllabus at the site English I-Net Reading List.
That means all you have to do is click on the colored (usually blue) link of the name or address
of the site. Following that, read the online presentation of the format strategy for the
week, (Org & Outline, Quoting Your Sources, How To Take A Test, etc.). You are also required
to read the thematic presentation for that week in Online Presentations
(Character, Theme, Irony etc.). Finally, read Questions for Reading and Writing, either as a
download or a text file. This will allow you to follow the schedule and be topical in the
chat room and the class room. Read the directions. Assignments and due dates for papers and tests are posted on the Discussion Board. Most of this syllabus is self-explanatory.
- Tentative Schedule
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Week 1
Introduction, Course Description
Organization and Outlines of Essays [presentation]
Outline [handouts, postings]
Internet: Nadine Gordimer
Hard Text:
- "Why Write About Literature?" S&S: 481-483
- Topics: Starting the Research Paper; S&S: 589-592
[presentation]
- S&S: 3-9, Commercial & Literary Fiction [presentation]
- S&S: 480-83, 487-91,
What I Expect on Out-of-Class Papers [presentation]
- S&S: 507-09
; Elements of Style
- Connell, "The Most Dangerous Game"
- S&S: 45-52, Plot [presentation]
- Gordimer, "Once Upon a Time"
- Week 2
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Internet: Stephen Crane
Hard Text:
- Week 3
Internet: Bambara, Toni Cade
Hard Text:
- S&S: 130-36, Theme [presentation]
- Bambara, "The Lesson"
- brainstorming, peer editing, and feedback
- Week 4
Internet: Alice Walker
Hard Text:
Hard Text:
- Week 5
Paragraph Structure
Internet: Eudora Welty
Hard Text:
- Week 6
Title Pages [[presentation | Posting]
Internet: Edgar Allen Poe
Hard Text
- S&S: 276-80, Irony [presentation]
- Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"
- Week 7
- S&S: 503-07, Works Cited [[presentation | Posting]
Internet: Internet Formats
Hard Text:
- S&S: 313-16, Evaluating Fiction [presentation]
- O'Conner, "The Drunkard"
- Week 8
Internet: D. H. Lawrence
Hard Text:
- S&S:
- Achebe, "Civil Peace"
- Week 9
Title Pages [[presentation | Posting]
Conflict [presentation]
Internet: Existentialist: Albert Camus
Hard Text:
- Week 10
Internet: Papa's Page
Hard Text:
- Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants"
- Week 11
Internet: "Monstrous Acts and Little Murders"
Hard Text:
Fantasy [presentation]
- Jackson, "The Lottery"
- Week 12
Internet:"A Case for Paul"
Hard Text:
- Cather, "Paul's Case"
Note Cards for Term Paper due
- Week 13
Internet: Woody Allen
Hard Text:
- Allen, "The Kugelmass Episode"
Exit Exam distributed
- Week 14
Final Draft due #4 (Term Paper)
Exit Exam
Final Exam Week
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Questions for Reading & Writing
From here, you will be able to download "Questions for Reading and Writing" word documents.
(All documents were generated in Microsoft Word 95.)
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You may also view the following documents in text format (.txt).
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© T. T. Eiland, January 1998
Last modified: August 29, 2005
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