Week 1. July 9-11. Language. Meaning as description vs social relation.
New England poets. Robert Frost, ‘Mending Wall,” “Design” p. 824, “The Most of It,” p.823
Contemporary author. Junot Diaz, “How to Date a …” p.100. “Homecoming, With Turtle.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/06/14/homecoming-with-turtle.
Finding and inventing subtopics. Reflection on student’s experience. Subjectivity of experience. How others see me. Does objective, external reality exist?
New England poets. Emily Dickinson, “I’m Nobody…” p. 766; “Wild Nights,” p. 768, “A Narrow Fellow” 856.
Antigone by Sophocles.
Paper 1. Short paper on meaning as description vs social relation. 4 pages, typed double spaced. Reflection on student’s understanding of meaning of color words in Diaz and Frost poem “Design.” Additional subtopics to be announced.
Week 2. July 16-18. Antigone by Sophocles. Greek Tragedy. The Oedipus Cycle. Themes of Antigone. Finding and inventing subtopics. Reflection on student’s understanding of subtopics. Student reflection on building knowledge on text, theme, subtopics. What do I know? What further steps in knowledge can I take on a subtopic, theme, text, author? What is my big picture on this text?
Methods of research. Academic. Cuny electronic library. Encylcopedia and general reference. Web. Media. Social media. Reviews. Modern versions and retellings. References in popular culture.
Week 3. July 23-25. Midterm in class essay on Sophocles’ Antigone
Aftermath of U.S, Civil War. The American South. William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily,” 451 “Barn Burning,” 1267. . Finding and inventing subtopics. Reflection on student’s understanding of subtopics. Student reflection on building knowledge on text, theme, subtopics. What do I know? What further steps in knowledge can I take on a subtopic, theme, text, author? What is my big picture on this text?
Group presentations.
Week 4. July 30-Aug 1 Aftermath of U.S. Civil War. The American South. Flannery O’Connor, “Good Man is Hard To Find.”
Group presentations.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wall Paper,” 991. Previous readings, revisions, methods of composition.
Group presentations.
Grimm, Mother Holle, 1031.
Paper 2. 5 pages. Topic to be announced.
Week 5. Aug 6-8. Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Previous readings, revisions, methods of composition.
Group presentation.
Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant.”
Previous readings, revisions, methods of composition. Group presentations.
Research Paper 9-10 pages with works cited page.
Final in class essay.
