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Course Calendar & Presentations
How To Use The Course Calendar
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 hard text. There
will be rhetoric and source material from Mays. The works themselves, listed by
title and author, are also in Mays. You are then to view the Web pages for the authors
and topics for that week, listed as a link on the
English Internet Resource List section of
the Web site (not all are covered). That means all you have to do is click on the
colored (usually blue) label 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.). Anything not associated with page numbers or an author's name will be covered in chat.
This will allow you to follow the schedule and be topical
in the chat room. Read the directions. Assignments and due dates for papers and tests are posted on the Message Board. Most of this syllabus is self-explanatory.
The following is a plan for the semester.
- Tentative Schedule
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- Week 1
- Introduction
ASSIGNMENT:
- Writing About Literature, 1-3, 6-9, 684-691, 1174, 1845-58
- Objectivity in Analysis
- What I Expect on Out of Class Papers
- MLA Formatting, 1885-96
- Poetry, 670-83, 825-27, 831-32, 847
- Poetic Meter , 832-33
- Formalist/New Criticism
- Owen, Disabled
- Jarrell, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
- Mary, Lady Chudleigh, To The Ladies
- Dylan, Mr. Tambourine Man
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Week 2
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Criticism
, 1907
- Historical & Biographical Criticisms
- Purpose and Thesis: Theme I
- Rhythm & Versification,
- Argumentation,
- Simile
- The Research Essay, 1870-84
- Hayden, A Letter from Phyllis Wheatley
- Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle...
- Fearing, Dirge
- Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est
- Brooks, We Real Cool
- Howe, Practicing
- Primary Sources
- Organization and Outlines
- Taking a Timed Essay Test
- Week 3
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Week 4
- ASSIGNMENT
- Supporting the Point: Analysis of Criticism/Evaluating Evidence
- Imagery and Symbolism , 813-19, 761
- Cultural Criticisms
- Randall, Ballad of Birmingham
- Rich, Diving into the Wreck
- Walcott, A Far Cry from Africa
- Roethke, My Papa's Waltz
- Irony
- Hamby, Ode to American English
- Paper 1 Due
- Week 5
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Psychoanalytic Criticism,
- Drama, 1122-24, 1180-89
- Drawing Inferences:
- Theme
- GlaspellTrifles
- Week 6
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Reader Response Criticism
- Irony
- Miller, Death of a Salesman
- Week 7
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Week 8
- ASSIGNMENT:
- New Historicism,Marxist, and Myth Criticisms
- Kincaid, Girl
- Week 9
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Week 10
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Week 11
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Week 12
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Week 13
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- ASSIGNMENT:
OPEN OFFICE FOR FINAL PAPER CONSULATION- Messageboard Discussion Group Number Three Due
- Week 14
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Outline for Term Paper due
- Note Cards for Term Paper due
- Week 15
- Term Paper due/Final Test Prep
- Week 16
- Finals Week: Final Exam
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