ENG 2100 - Schedule of Readings WEEK 1 (16-20 Jan) Tuesday Introduction – Syllabus Exercise 1 – What is Literature? (in-class) Thursday – Intro to Poetry “Terrence, this is stupid stuff” (A.E. Houseman) “A Study of Reading Habits” (Philip Larkin) WEEK 2 (23-7 Jan) Tuesday – Denotation and Connotation “Pathedy of Manners” (Ellen Kay) “The world is too much with us” (Wordsworth) Thursday – Imagery “Those Winter Sundays” (Robert Hayden) “Spring” (Gerard Manley Hopkins) WEEK 3 (30 Jan – 3 Feb) Tuesday Library Orientation Thursday – Figurative Language “Ozymandias” (Percy Bysshe Shelley) “The Unknown Citizen” (W.H. Auden) WEEK 4 (6-10 Feb) Tuesday Sharing poetry Thursday Sharing poetry First Paper Due WEEK 5 (13-17 Feb) Tuesday The School for Scandal (Act I) Thursday The School for Scandal (Act II) WEEK 6 (20-24 Feb) Tuesday The School for Scandal (Act III) Thursday The School for Scandal (Act IV) WEEK 7 (27 Feb – 3 Mar) Tuesday The School for Scandal (Act V) Thursday The Importance of Being Earnest (Act I) WEEK 8 (6-10 Mar) Tuesday The Importance of Being Earnest (Act II) Thursday The Importance of Being Earnest (Act III) WEEK 9 (13-17 Mar) Tuesday Rasselas Thursday Rasselas Second Paper Due WEEK 10 (20-24 Mar) Tuesday Rasselas Thursday Rasselas SPRING HOLIDAY WEEK 11 (3-7 Apr) Tuesday Emma (including background text 323-30, 342-7) Thursday Emma Paper Proposal Due WEEK 12 (10-14 Apr) Tuesday Emma (including E.M. Forster, “Jane Austen”) Thursday Emma (including criticism: 400-415) WEEK 13 (17-21 Apr) Tuesday Emma Thursday Emma WEEK 14 (24-28 Apr) Tuesday Emma Thursday Rough Draft Due – In-class Peer Review WEEK 15 (1-5 May) Tuesday Emma Thursday Emma EXAM WEEK: Final Paper Due

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