(Updated Nov 23, 2021) 

 

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Dates: Objectives: Assignments:
Week 1: Wed, Aug 25

 

 Introductory discussion, terminology, and course plan.  

 

 

 

•  Introduction to class, definitions, OpenLab

•  Read “The Captive” by Borges

 

 
 

Week 2: Aug 30, Sept 1

 

 

  

Discussion of Narrative; Gothic Fiction

 

 

 •  Due: Questionnaire 

•   Due:  Read “A Story Told to Me by a Friend” by Davis

•   Due:  Read “The Black Cat” by Poe

•  Discuss definition of gothic; discuss readings and methods

•   For Wednesday–Homework: Read “The Lottery” by Jackson

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•   For Sept 13: Homework:  Read “Young Goodman Brown” by Hawthorne and  “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman

•  Homework: Virtual Coffeehouse 1: 300 words on which of the six stories you liked the best and why–See my first Virtual Coffeehouse post for more details.
Week 3:

Sept 6—NO CLASS

Sept 8 —NO CLASS

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 
Week 4: Sept 13,

Sept 15—-NO CLASS

 

 

 

 Beginning Essay 1; Gothic Fiction  

• Homework: Read “Incident at Owl Creek Bridge” by Bierce and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Marquez

• Homework: Prepare for Quiz 1, covering definitions and readings

•  Discuss readings and methods (narration)

 
 

Week 5: Sept 20, 22

 

 Essay 1; Modern Fiction • Due: Quiz 1 by class time on Monday, Sept 20

• Homework: Reading Borges and TBA

•  Homework: Virtual Coffeehouse 2

• Due: VC 2

•  Discussion TBA

• Homework: Virtual Coffeehouse 3
 

Week 6: Sept 27:

SEPT 29

  

 

Essay 1; Modern Fiction

 

 

  

•  Due: VC 3 

•  Read Faulkner

•  Discussion: tba

•  Homework:  Read Kafka and define Modernity and Modernism

 
 

Week 7: Oct 4, 6

  

Midterm Essay

  

•  Discussion: Modernism/ Modernity Kafka

•  For Wed: Homework:  tba

 

•  Homework for Monday:  Read Cheever; Work on draft of Midterm Essay

 

 
 

Week 8: Oct 11: NO CLASSES

OCT 13

 

 Midterm Essay/ Modern Fiction •  Discuss Midterm Essay, read Hemingway

• Homework: Coffeehouse #4: Draft of Midterm Essay
 

Week 9: Oct 18, 20

 

 Modernism/realism  

•  Due: Draft of Midterm Essay

•  Homework:  Finish Midterm Essay
Week 10: Oct 25, 27

 

 Modernism/realism

 

  

•  Due: Midterm Essay

•  Discussion TBA

•  Homework:  TBA

•  Homework: Prepare for Quiz 2
Week 11: Nov 1, 3 Begin Global Fiction  

•  Homework:  read Ha Jin 

•  Homework:  Bring in two questions from the readings (no need to turn in)
Week 12: Nov 8, 10 Global Fiction •  Homework:  read Jhumpa Lahiri

•   Discussion Global Fiction

•  Homework: Read Parsons

 
Week 13: Nov 15, 17  

Global Fiction

 

 •  Due: Quiz 2

•  Read Doctorow

•   Discussion Global Fiction and Ethics

•  HOMEWORK TBA
Week 14: Nov 22, 24

 

 

 Global Fiction

 

 

 •  Homework: TBA
 

Week 15 Nov 29, Dec 1

 

  

Global Fiction

 

  

 

•  Monday: Quiz 3 

 

•  Wednesday: Discuss Final Essay
 

Week 16: Dec 6, 8

 

 Global Fiction  

•  Monday: Discuss readings and Q & A over Final Essay

•  Wednesday: Review for Final Exam
 

Week 17: Dec 13, 15

  

Final Exam Week

  

 

•  Monday: DUE on the 13th: Final Essay Due — VIA BLACKBOARD

• Wednesday: DUE on the 15th Final Exam — IN CLASS EXAM

 

 

DEC 20: LAST CLASS: EXTRA CREDIT DAY (SHORT IN-CLASS WRITING AND REFLECTION)