Textbooks: Roberts and Jacobs, Literature,
second compact edition
Lester, Writing Research Papers
Supplementary or Alternative Textbooks:
Rhetoric
and Composition from Wikibooks
Literary
Criticism from Wikibooks
Online texts linked below
Note: Unless stated otherwise, all readings should be read before the beginning of the class date for which they're listed. (All readings here are from Literature, unless otherwise noted.) Dates and assigments are subject to change, and I may add further readings or written assignments. Check with me or a classmate if you miss a class. Assignments for the research paper are in bold. These assignments count for 10% of your research paper grade.
Week 1
Jan. 9 Intro to class, policies.
Jan. 11 Practice practice Regents' Essay
Week 2
Jan. 16 Read "Sonnet
130," "To
His Coy Mistress, "My Last
Duchess."
Jan 18 Read "Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Week 3
Jan. 23 Discuss Research Paper topic
Jan. 25 Speaker: "I
heard a fly buzz" Imagery: "Reapers";
"The
Red Wheelbarrow"; "This is just to say"; "To
Autumn."
Week 4
Jan. 30 Symbol: "Ode
on a Grecian Urn"; "Dover
Beach."
Feb. 1 In lab work on researching the research paper; discuss writing
about
literature.
Week 5
Feb. 6 Sound: "Jabberwocky";
"We Real Cool";
"The Negro Speaks
of Rivers."
Feb. 8 Continue discussion of sound in poetry.
Week 6
Feb. 13 In class example: writing Essay 1. Read "Daddy."
Feb. 15 Wrap-up discussions of poetry; in-lab lecture / discussion: how
to use
criticism in the research paper.
Week 7
Feb. 20 Begin Essay 1 in class
Feb. 22 Finish Essay 1 in class. Ten-item list of articles &
books that
you think you may use for your research paper (no web pages; full-text articles
from Galileo are okay).
Week 8
Feb. 27 Study day (no class; college open)
March 1
Introduction to fiction. Read
"Everyday
Use." Point of view: Read "The Story
of an Hour"; "The
Yellow Wallpaper."
Week 9 Spring Break, March 5-11.
Week 10
March 13 Setting: Read "Masque
of the Red Death"; Symbol: "Araby"
Semester midpoint; last day to drop with W.
March 15 Plot: Read "An
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Modern Fiction.
Week 11
March 20 Practice Regents Essay.
March 22 Discuss Outlining (read Outlining handout, available in
Bookstore).
Week 12
March 27 Begin Essay 3 in classroom
March 29 Finish Essay 3 in lab.
Week 13
April 3 Introduction to Drama. Read A
Dollhouse
April 5 Discuss A Dollhouse; preliminary outline of
research paper
due
Week 14
April 10 Discuss A Dollhouse; discuss outlines
April 12 Read
The Boor also translated as
The Bear; this version is part of a larger collection of
plays--don't
print without using Print Preview to select which pages you want
to print.
Revised outlines due (optional).
Week 15
April 17 Discuss writing about drama. Rough draft of Research Paper
due.
Discuss research paper problems.
April 19 Continue discussing The Boor.
Week 16
April 24 Discuss Research Paper rough drafts. Essay 4 (drama) due.
April 26 Research Paper due.
Week 17
May 1 Last day of classes. Review.
Final Exam
Friday May 4, 1:00-3:00 p.m.