Tentative Schedule of Reading Assignments and Class Meetings

Note: All assignments are to be completed before the class period for which they are listed. I reserve the right to make changes in this syllabus if the needs of the class make such changes necessary. However, I will notify you ahead of time and will give you a written record of the change.

Week One     August 20-22

20    W

Introduction to course.

 

22     F

Candide chapters 1-16
  (pp. 1-39)

Context lecture; begin discussion  

Week Two     August 25-29

25     M

Candide, chapters 17-30
(pp. 40-87)

Collaborative Annotation
Discussion

27    W

Candide, conclusions

Discussion

29     F

Pride and Prejudice, Volume I (pp. 3-89)

Context lecture one

Week Three     September 1-5

M     1

Labor Day

No class meeting

W     3

Pride and Prejudice, Volume II (pp.89-158)

Context lecture 2

F     5

Pride and Prejudice, Volume III (pp.158-254)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

Week Four September 8-12

M     8

Pride and Prejudice, critical essays: Duckworth 306-315; Tave 315-319; Auerbach 326-338; Morgan 338-347; Johnson 348-355; Gray 403-405.

Discussion Leaders: TBA

W     10

Pride and Prejudice, conclusions  

Complete discussion; assign paper one.

F     12

The House of Mirth, Book I (pp. 25-107).

Context lecture one

Week Five      September 15-19

M     15

The House of Mirth, Book I (pp. 107-178)

Context lecture two

W     17

The House of Mirth, Book II (pp. 178-239)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

F     19     

The House of Mirth, Book II (pp. 239-305)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

Week Six     September 22-26    

M     22

The House of Mirth, critical essays: 309-23; Robinson 340-358; Dimock 375-390.

General discussion

W     24

Draft of Paper One due

Workshop: Peer Reviews

F     26

Dubliners: “The Sisters”; “An Encounter”; “Araby”; “Eveline”; “After the Race.”

Context Lecture

Week Seven     September 29-October 3

M     29

Dubliners: “Two Gallants”; “The Boarding House”; “A Little Cloud”; “Counterparts”; “Clay.”

Small Group Assignment

W     1

Dubliners: “A Painful Case”; “Ivy Day in the Committee Room”; “A Mother”; “Grace.”

Small Group Assignment

F     3

Dubliners: “The Dead”

Discussion

Week Eight     October 6-10

M     6

Mid-Term Examination

Mid-Term Examination

W     8

Akhmatova, Requiem (handout)

Context lecture

F     10

Akhmatova, Requiem (handout)

Discussion

Week Nine     October 13-17

M     13

Akhmatova, Requiem (handout)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

W     15

Optional Paper Conferences

No class meeting

F     17

Things Fall Apart,
  chapters 1-6 (pp. 3-51)

Context lecture one

Week Ten     October 20-24

M     20

Things Fall Apart, chapters 7-13 (pp. 52-125). 
Paper One due.

Context lecture two

W     22

Things Fall Apart,
 chapters 14-19 (pp. 129-167)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

F     24

Things Fall Apart,
 chapters 20-25 (pp. 173-209)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

Week Eleven     October 27-31

M     27

Things Fall Apart

Discussion Leaders: TBA

W     29

Things Fall Apart

Conclusions

F     31

Losing Battles, Part 1
  (pp. 3-94)

Context Lecture 1

Week Twelve     November 3-7

M     3

Losing Battles, Part 2
  (pp. 97-172)

Context Lecture 2

W     5

Losing Battles, Part 3 (pp.175-223)

Group 1

F     7

Losing Battles, Part 4 
(pp. 227-308)

Group 2

Week Thirteen     November 10-14

M     10

Losing Battles, Part 5
  (pp. 311-368)

Group 3

W     12

Losing Battles, Part 6
  (pp. 371-436)

Group 4

F     14

Losing Battles

Group 5

Week Fourteen     November 17-21

M     17

Losing Battles

Group 6

W     19

White Noise, “Waves and Radiation” chapters 1-10 (pp.1-46.

Context Lecture 1

F     21

White Noise, “Waves and Radiation” chapters 11-20
 (pp. 47-105). Paper Two due.

Context Lecture 2

Thanksgiving Holidays November 24-30

Week Fifteen     December 1-5

M     1

White Noise, “The Airborne Toxic Event” chapter 21 
pp. 109-163).

Discussion

W     3

White Noise, “Dylarama” chapters 22-30 (pp. 167-230)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

F     5

White Noise, “Dylarama” chapters 31-40 (pp. 231-326)

Discussion Leaders: TBA

Week Sixteen     December 8-12

M     8

White Noise

Conclusions

W     10

Preparation for Final Examination

Review and Recapitulation
(last day of class)

Final Examination Schedule     December 12-17

F     12

9:00 Examination

11:00-1:30

W     17

8:00 Examination

11:00-1:30

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