Updated April 8, 2014
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
ENG 2201, Spring 2014
Professor Sean Scanlan (NYCCT)
Please bring this schedule to each class as assignments and due dates may change.
UPDATED FEB 27, 2014
Week 1: Introduction
Jan 28, t Discussion of course, syllabus, and texts; Introductions; For Thurs: Journal 1
Jan 30, r Due: Journal 1.
Week 2: Pre-Civil War
Feb 4, t Discuss Bartleby; Home Work: read “Chickamauga” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
Feb 6, r Ambrose Bierce readings discussed; Civil War history lecture; Home Work for Feb 11: Read 2-23 and 31-39, and Howell’s “Editha” (125-134) in textbook and write Journal 2: 250-300 words (typed) on three most things/events that you learned from reading these introductions
Week 3: Reconstruction
Feb 11, t Due: Journal 2; discuss introductions and Editha; Introduce Reconstrucion: Homework for Feb 13: read 2 stories by Charles Chesnutt (228-251)
Feb 13, r Discuss Chesnutt: HW for Feb 18: read Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Stephen Crane’s
“The Open Boat”
Week 4: Gilded Age
Feb 18, t Discuss Gilman and Crane; discuss realism and literary terms; HW for Feb 25: American Lives intro (399), Jose Marti, Zitkala Sa
Feb 20, r NO Class (Classes follow a Monday Schedule)
Week 5: Life Writing
Feb 25, t Discuss autobiography and memoir (Marti and Sa); HW for Feb 27: read Du Bois
Feb 27, r Discuss autobiography styles; HW: read Adams and Antin and write Journal 3: 300 words on a Gusdorfian or Culleyan analysis of Adams or Antin
Week 6: New Life Writing
Mar 4, t Due: Journal 3. Discuss Quiz 1: on Autobiography and Life Writing: HW for Mar 6: Read Kingston and hooks and study for Quiz 1 (terms and readings)
Mar 6, r Quiz 1 over terms/readings; Discuss readings; HW: Mamet and Soto and write Journal 4
Week 7: New Life Writing
Mar 11, t Due Journal 4; Discuss modern memoir; read Bechdel
Mar 13, r Discuss the Midterm Essay (Essay 1); Discuss Bechdel: HW for Mar 18; Updike (1427)
Week 8: Essay Writing
Mar 18, t Discuss Midterm Essay (Essay 1); HW: Modernism and American Literature—read 488-503
Mar 20, r Peer Review; Discuss revision methods; HW: Theories of Modernism—read 526-527, 541-549
Week 9: Structure: Revision and Techniques of Good Writing
Mar 25, t Due: Midterm Essay; Reading poetry (new tools); HW—Read Johnson 558-562, Frost 569-583, Loy 609-613
Mar 27, r Discuss modernist poetry; HW—Eliot 663-671, McKay 697-702
Week 10: Harlem Renaissance
Apr 1, t Introduction to the Harlem Ren; HW—Brown 737-743, Hughes 743-756
Apr 3, r Discuss readings; HW: read Cullen 756-764 and prepare for Quiz 2 (readings and terms)
Week 11: Modernism/Postmodernism
Apr 8, t Discuss Frost, Johnson, Eliot 663-671, McKay 697-702. HW: prepare for Quiz 2 over metaphor and symbol
Apr 10, r Quiz 2 over metaphor and symbol; read Ellison 1157-1169 and write Journal 5: 300 words on Ellison’s use of language
Week 12: Spring Break
Apr 15, t Spring Break: Enjoy
Apr 17, r Spring Break: Enjoy
Week 13: Spring Break
Apr 22, t Spring Break: Enjoy
Apr 24, r Due: Journal 5. Discuss Ellison. Homework: O’Brien (Vietnam War) 1502-1517
Week 14: Dissent After WWII
Apr 29, t Discuss Final Essay; Discuss American politics and war; HW: read Walker 1489, write Journal 6
Apr 31, r Due: Journal 6; HW: read Cisneros 15451549, DeLillo 1458-1463
Week 15: Experiences and Fiction
May 6, t HW: Silko 1525-1533
May 8, r HW: Alexie 1555-1573
Week 16: Essay Revision
May 13, t Discuss Essay revision; Homework: work on Essay 2
May 15, R Due: Essay 2; Review for Final Exam
Week 17: Final Exam
May 20, t Final Exam
May 22, r Last class of the semester
