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Week 1, Jan. 22 |
Transcend |
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Monday: |
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Transcendentalism |
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Henry David Thoreau, Walden, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" pp. 174 |
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Wednesday: |
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Transcendentalism |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature" pp. 158-161 |
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"Transparent Eyeball" as illustrated by Christopher Pearse Cranch, ca. 1836-1838 |
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Video: The School of Life, "Literature—Ralph Waldo Emerson" |
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Friday: |
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Transcendentalism Overview |
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Top Ten Elements of Transcendentlism |
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Annie Dillard, "The Present" p. 179 |
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Week 2, Jan. 29 |
Southern Gothic |
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Monday: |
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Vocabulary Review |
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Example of Multiple Entries in Dictionary |
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Aphorisms of R. W. Emerson and Benjamin Franklin |
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Benjamin Franklin, Twenty Aphorisms, p. 75 |
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In-Class Project |
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Wednesday: |
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Critical Analysis, Intertextuality, & the Reading Process |
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• demo |
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Gothic Movement |
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• demo |
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William Faullner, "A Rose for Emily" pp. 772-779 |
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Friday: |
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William Faulkner's Style |
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• demo |
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Chronology and "A Rose for Emily" |
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• demo |
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William Faulkner's Methods |
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• demo |
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William Faullner, "A Rose for Emily" pp. 772-779 |
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• digital copy |
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Week 3, Feb. 5 |
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Monday: |
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Class Analysis of Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" |
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Wednesday: |
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Review of MLA Expectations |
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• Supporting a Thesis |
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Literary Criticism Expectations |
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• demo |
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• demo 2 |
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Friday: |
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Charlotte Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"—supplemental |
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• full text |
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• demo |
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Week 4, Feb. 12 |
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Monday: |
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Socratic analysis of Gilman |
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Wednesday: |
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Socratic discussion of Gilman |
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Class Discussion Questions |
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Friday: |
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Breakdown of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury |
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• Important characters |
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• How to read Benjy's Section |
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Discussion Response due for Gilman |
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Week 5, Feb. 19 |
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Monday: |
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In-Class Reading of Section 1 of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury |
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Wednesday; |
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In-Class Reading of Section 1 of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury |
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Class Discussion Questions on Section 1 |
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Friday: |
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Finalize reading of Section 1 of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury |
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Socratic analysis of Faulkner's Techniques and Strategies in Section 1 |
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Discussion Responses due for Section 1 |
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Week 6, Feb. 26 |
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Monday: |
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Finalize discussion for Section 1 of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury |
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Graphic Organizer |
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• Characterization and Archetypes |
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Wednesday: |
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In-Class Reading of Section 2 of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury |
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Class Discussion Questions for Section 2 |
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• Worksheet |
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Friday: |
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Finalize reading of Section 2 |
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Contemporary Comparison |
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• Richard Wright, "The Man Who was Almost a Man" |
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Week 7, March 5 |
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Monday: |
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Socratic Class Discussion: Richard Wright, "The Man Who was Almost a Man" |
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• Characterization and Plot Development |
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Faulkner's Response to Criticism |
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• Demo Quote |
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Wednesday: |
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Class Discussion Questions for section 2 due end of class |
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Socratic Class Discussion: Section 2 of The Sound and The Fury |
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• Characterization of Quentin |
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• Anti-Hero Characteristics |
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• Saint Francis and Sister Death • Canticle of the Sun |
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Cinematic Representation of Faulkner's Narrative Strategies |
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• library scene from Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire "Symphony of Thought" (1986) |
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Friday: |
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Class Discussion Questions for Section 3 |
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• Worksheet |
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Wrap up of Class Discussion |
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Week 8, March 12 |
Spring Break |
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No classes all week. |
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Week 9, March 19 |
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Monday: |
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Magic Realism versus Southern Gothic |
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Contemporary Comparison |
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• Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" |
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Class Discussion Questions for Section 4 |
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• Worksheet |
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Wednesday: |
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Contemporary Comparison |
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Class Discusion for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" |
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Friday: |
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Contemporary Comparison |
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Class Discusion for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" |
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Week 10, March 26 |
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Monday: |
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Ernest Hemingway, "A Very Short Story" |
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Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants" |
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Wednesday: |
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Literary Criticism |
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• demo 1 |
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• demo 2 |
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Week 11, April 2 |
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Monday: |
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Literary Criticism continued |
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• demo |
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Wednesday: |
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Literary Criticism, continued |
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• demo |
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Friday: |
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Building a Literary Critical Paper |
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• Thesis |
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• Introduction |
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• MLA Paragraph Expectations |
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Week 12, April 9 |
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Monday: |
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Drafting Introduction Paragraph |
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• Preliminary thesis statement due |
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Wednesday: |
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Researching with School Database |
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