Tentative Schedule



World War I                      World War II                                  World War II

NA = Norton Anthology

Date

Before class, you should

In class, we will

In class, you will turn in

Week One
August 24

 

~ make introductions.

~ go over the syllabus.

 

Week Two
August 29

 

~ read Bradstreet (NA 80), Adams (NA 228), Wheatley (NA 246), and Ballard (handout).

~ read "The Process of Reading, Responding to, and Writing about Literature."

 

 ~ discuss readings.
~ watch A Midwife's Tale (excerpt).

~ discuss connections between history and literature.

~ optional Short Writing.

August  31

~ read Rowlandson (NA 105) and Winnemucca (handout).

~ read "Writing about a Close Reading."

 ~ discuss readings.
~ discuss genre.
~ discuss captivity narratives.

~ Short Writing 1

Week Three
September 6

 

MONDAY/TUESDAY CLASS EXCHANGE DAY

 

~ read Jacobs (NA 460), Stanton (NA 465), and Truth (NA 369).
~ read "Writing about an Idea or Theme."

 ~ discuss readings.

~ discuss the tradition of African American women's writing.

~ Short Writing 2

September 7

~ read Dickinson biography (NA 855) and the following poems (these numbers do not correspond to NA page numbers): 249, 258, 271, 280, 288, 303, 312, 341, 435, 441, 601, 613, 657, 670, 709, 712, 732, 754, 1129, 1651, 1705, and her letters (NA 886). 

 

 

 ~ discuss readings.

~ discuss symbolism.

~ Short Writing 3

Week Four
September 12

 

~ read Freeman (NA 1101) and Jewett (NA 1003).

~ discuss readings.

~ discuss the literary history of "local color" writers.

~ introduce Paper I.

 

September 14

 

 

~ read Gilman biography (NA 1130) and "The Yellow Wallpaper" (NA 1133).

~ discuss readings.

~ discuss the Rest Cure.

~ discuss setting.

 

Week Five
September 19

 

 

~ read Chopin (NA 1013-1047).

~ discuss reading.

 

September 21

 

 

 

~ read Chopin (finish The Awakening).

 ~ discuss readings.
~ discuss character.

~ Short Writing 4

Week Six
September 26

 

 

~ read Cather (NA 1227).

 ~ discuss reading.

~ Paper I

September 28

 

 

 

 

~ read Davis (NA 919), Yezierska (NA 1372), and Wharton biography (NA 1149) and "The Other Two" (NA 1162).

 ~discuss reading.

~ discuss the connection between disability and socioeconomic class.

~ Short Writing 5

Week Seven
October 3

 

 

~ read Glaspell (NA 1350).

 ~ discuss reading.
~ discuss theme.
~ introduce Paper II.

 

October 5

 

 

 

 

~ read Stein biography (NA  1275) and "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene" (NA 1300) and HD biography (NA 1407), "Eurydice," and "Helen."

~ read "Writing Examinations on Literature."

 ~ discuss readings.
~ discuss connections between art and literature.

~ discuss style.

~ Short Writing 6

Week Eight
October 10

 

 

~ read Yamamoto "The Legend of Miss Sasagawara."

~ print the exam study guide from the course web site.

~ discuss reading.

~ watch "History and Memory."
~ conduct a brief questino-and-answer session about the exam.

 

October 12

 

 

~ study for the Mid-Term exam.     

 ~ take the Mid-Term exam.

 

Week Nine
October 17

 

 

~ read Plath biography (NA 2079), "The Colossus," "Wintering," "Daddy," and "Lady Lazarus"; Sexton biography (NA 1908), "Housewife," and "Sylvia's Death"; and Rich biography (NA 1952), "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law," "Diving into the Wreck," and "Power."

~ read "Writing about Poetic Form."

 ~ discuss readings.

~ Short Writing 7

October 19

 

 

 

~ read Kingston (NA 2239).

 ~ discuss reading.

~ Short Writing 8

Week Ten
October 24

 

 

~ read Cisneros, "Barbie-Q."

 ~ discuss reading.
~ discuss Barbie, socioeconomic class, and ethnicity.

~ listen to Cisneros's Introduction to The House on Mango Street.

~ Paper II

October 26

 

 

 

~ read The House on Mango Street (all of it).

~ discuss reading.

~ discuss structure.

~ Short Writing 9

Week Eleven
October 31

 

 

~ read The Color Purple (11-135).

~ discuss reading.
~ review the tradition of African American women's writing.

~ discuss major themes of Walker's writing.

~ introduce Paper III.

 

November 2

 

 

~finish The Color Purple.

 ~ discuss reading.

~ Short Writing 10

 

 

 

Week Twelve
November 7

 

 

~ read Solar Storms.

~ discuss reading.

~ watch an excerpt from Power.

 

November 8

 

 

~ read Solar Storms.

 ~ discuss reading.

~ Short Writing 11

Week Thirteen
November 14

 

 

~ finish Solar Storms.

~ read Hogan (NA 2325).

 ~ discuss readings.

 

November 16

 

 

~ read How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (3-103).

~ discuss reading.

~ discuss point of view.

~ Short Writing 12

Week Fourteen
November 21

 

 

~ read How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (107-191).

 

~ Voices from the Gap Author Page.

November 23

 

NO CLASS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 

Week Fifteen
November 28

 

 

~ finish How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.

~ read Alvarez, "Seven Trees."

 ~ discuss reading.     

~ Paper III.

November 30

 

 

 

~ read Unless, (1-166).

 ~ discuss reading.

 

Week Sixteen
December 5

 

 

 

~ finish Unless.

 ~ discuss reading.

~ Short Writing 13

December 7

 

 

 

~ read Nye poems.

~ print out the exam study guide from the course web site.

~ discuss readings.
~ wrap up the course.
~ complete course evaluations.

~ conduct a brief question-and-answer period about the final exam.

~ Short Writing 14

FINAL EXAM WEEK

The final exam will take place in WCC 202 on Monday, December 12, from 1:00 until 2:50 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final grades will not be posted. In the interest of student privacy, grades will not be released in advance of official notification from the Office of Records and Registration.