Week 1: Introductions
8/29 – Introductions. HW: fill out Google Forms survey; read syllabus and pp. 1003-1006 of “Elements of Fiction
8/31 – “Elements of Fiction” – Plot. Quiz 1
Week 2: Using the Elements
9/7 – Elements of Fiction Quiz #2; Alice Walker, “Everyday Use”. Blog group 1 post due.
Week 3: Intro to American Literature: The Early Days
9/12 – Irving, “Rip Van Winkle. Blog group 2 post due
9/14 – Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown.” Quiz 3; essay 1 explained; begin work on using quotations. Blog group 3 post due.
Week 4: 19th Century America
9/19 – Stephen Crane. Quiz #3. Blog group 4 post due. Start work on Essay #1.
9/21 – Kate Chopin. Blog group 5 post due.
Week 5: American Modernism
9/26 – Hemingway (excerpts from In Our Time). Blog group 6 post due.
9/28 – Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”; “A Reasonable Use Of The Unreasonable.” Bring copy of Walker. Blog group 1 post due.
Week 6:
10/3: No class. Essay 1 due online at 4 pm.
10/5 – Mukherjee, “The Management of Grief”. Essay 1 hard copy due in class. Must be identical to copy submitted online. Different online and physical versions will result in point deductions.
10/6 – Joyce, “The Dead”
Blog group 2 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 7: NO CLASS
Week 8: Joyce
10/17 – Joyce, “The Dead”
Blog group 3 post due post due by 5 pm the previous day.
10/19 – In-class writing assignment on “The Dead” AND “The Management of Grief.” Intro to Dr. Moreau
Essay #2 assigned today.
HW: Introduction, Ch. 1-7 of Moreau
Week 9: Dr. Moreau
10/24
Blog group 4 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
HW: read ch. 8-14; blog; review notes from class
10/26
Blog group 5 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
HW: read ch. 15-18; blog
Week 10: Dr. Moreau
10/31 –
Blog group 6 post due by 5 pm the previous day. Midterm grades released.
HW: read ch. 19-22
11/2 Dr. Moreau
In class exercises on Essay 2.
Blog group 1 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 11: Dr. Moreau; Lovecraft
11/7 – Dr Moreau debate. HW: finish Essay 2
11/9 – Lovecraft “At The Mountains Of Madness”
HW: finish Essay 2.
Week 12: Lovecraft
11/14 – Lovecraft. Blog group 2 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
11/16 – Lovecraft. Blog group 3 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 13: Lovecraft
11/21 – Lovecraft. Blog group 4 post due by 5 pm the previous day. Essay #3 Assigned.
11/23 – Lovecraft. Blog group 5 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 14: Things Fall Apart
11/28 – Things Fall Apart, ch. 1-4. Blog group 6 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
11/30 – Things Fall Apart, ch. 5-8. Blog group 1 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 15: Things Fall Apart
12/5 – Things Fall Apart, ch. 9-13. Blog group 2 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
12/7 – Things Fall Apart, part II. Blog group 3 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 16
12/12 – Things Fall Apart, part III. Blog group 4 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
12/14 – Paper 3, exam prep. Blog groups 5 + 6 post due by 5 pm the previous day.
Week 17: Finale
12/19 -Essay #3 Due. Exam Prep.
12/21 – Final Exam
