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Course Calendar & Presentations

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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.). This will allow you to follow the schedule and be topical in the chat room. Read the directions. The following calendar lists the reading assignments. Written 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 summer semester.

Tentative Schedule

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
  • 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
  • Message Board Discussion Group One Due

    Week 2
    ASSIGNMENT:
    • Gender, 723-24 and Feminist Criticisms,
    • Springsteen, Nebraska
    • Olds, Sex Without Love
    • Mora, La Migra
    • Secondary Sources
    • Metaphor
    • Pastan, Marks
    • Personification
    • Poe, The Raven
    • Apostrophe
    • 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
  • Test 1
  • Paper 1 Due

    Week 3
    ASSIGNMENT:
    • Psychoanalytic Criticism,
    • Drama, 1122-24, 1180-89
    • Drawing Inferences:
    • Theme
    • Reader Response Criticism
    • Irony
    • Character/Point of View
    • Deconstruction Criticism
    • New Historicism,Marxist, and Myth Criticisms
    • Kincaid, Girl

    Message Board Discussion Group Two Due

    Week 4
    ASSIGNMENT:
    Makeup Test

    Week 5
    ASSIGNMENT:

    Week 6
    Finals Week: Final Exam
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