The following schedule is tentative. I reserve the right to alter and adapt the schedule as necessary in order to best serve the needs of the class. I will announce such changes prior to the classes affected. It is your responsibility to be informed about such changes. This schedule will be updated throughout our time (the syllabus version will not).
WEEK 1
5/ 28 Course Introduction and Syllabus Discussion/ Student Introductions/ Create Blogs
- Site “Reading Tips” Jonathan Mooney and David Cole
- Customize Blog
5/ 29 Syllabus Quiz/ Strategies for Reading
- Read: Chapter 1
- Site “A Secret Sorrow” and “A Sorrowful Woman” ( “Short Stories”)
5/ 30 Introducing the Genre: Reading Fiction
- Read: Chapter 29 and “Writing in Response 1”
- Blog: Visual Narrative
WEEK 2
6/3 Introducing the Genre: Writing about Literature
- Read: Chapters 2-3
6/4 Discuss Point of View & Character
- Read: Chapters 4-5
6/5 Discuss Setting, Tone, and Style
- Read: Chapters 6-7
6/6 Discuss Theme and Symbol
- Site: Bedford Theories
WEEK 3
6/ 10 Discuss Theories/ Review for Midterm Exam
- Study!
6/ 11 Midterm Exam
- Read: Chapter 9, Chapter 21
6/ 12 Introducing the Genre: Reading Poetry
- Read: Chapters 10, 12
6/ 13 Discuss Voice, Denotation, and Connotation
- Read: Chapters 17-18
WEEK 4
6/ 17 Discuss Closed and Open Forms
- Read: Chapter 30
6/ 18 Discuss Research Paper/ Citation
- Read: Chapters 23, 24
6/ 19 Introducing the Genre: Reading a Play/ Comedy & Tragedy
- Read: Chapter 25: 725-755
6/ 20 Discuss Oedipus the King
- Read Midsummer Night’s Dream
WEEK 5
6/ 24 Discuss Shakespeare / Midsummer Night’s Dream
6/ 25 Wrap-up / Final Review
- Study!
6/ 26 Final Exam
- Last Day to submit Final Paper