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Week 1 |
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01.22 Tuesday: |
Basic introduction
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Academic Load |
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Essay Guidelines |
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Intro to Literary Analysis Process |
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01.24 Thursday: |
Literary Analysis: Guidelines for Reading |
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• demo-Critical Analysis and the Reading Process |
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Types of Conflict |
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Literary Modes, Movements, and Genres of Literature |
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• demo-Conflict and Literary Modes |
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• demo-Antagonists and Conflict (Commentary) |
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Franz Kafka, selection from “The Metamorphosis” —supplemental |
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Week 2 |
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01.29 Tuesday: |
Literary Modes, Movements, and Genres of Literature-part 2
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• demo-Conflict and Classifiation-part 2 |
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Definitions of Early Genres |
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• demo-Early Genres |
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• Myth: Herakles Wrestling Death |
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• Fable: Aesop, “The Old Man and Death” |
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• Parable: Buddha, “The Parable of the Elephant” |
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• Folk Tales: Alabama-Coushatta Native American Folk Tale |
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01.31 Thursday: |
Group Work: Identifying Early Genres |
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Week 3 |
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02.05 Tuesday: |
Figurative Language • Archetypes and Symbol |
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• demo |
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Elements of European Fairy Tales |
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• demo |
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Violence in Children's Literature |
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• another blog commentary from writer and illustrator Jed Alexander |
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• Another View of Archetypes |
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02.07 Thursday: |
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm “The Goose Girl”
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• demo-Freytag's Pyramid |
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Creating a Literary Summary |
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• demo |
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Exercise 1: Summarize Literary Work, due 02.12 |
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Week 4 |
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02.12 Tuesday: |
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm “Godfather Death” |
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• demo-Comparisons of Elements |
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Creating a Literary Analysis |
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• demo-Literary Criticism Overview-part 1 |
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• demo- Guideline for Thesis |
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• demo- Daiva Markelis, “Unfinished Symphony,” supplemental |
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Assignment 1: Comparison/Contrast Analysis thesis due 03.19 |
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02.14 Thursday: |
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” part 1, p 225 |
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• demo-Fertility Symbols |
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Basic Construction of a Literary Paper |
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• demo |
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Week 5 |
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02.19 Tuesday: |
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” part 2, p 225 |
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• demo 2-Nathaniel Hawthorne and Transcendentalism |
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Short Story Structure • Setting •
Creating a Literary Analysis-part 2 |
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• demo-Literary Criticism Overview-part 2 |
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02.21 Thursday: |
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” p 236
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• demo-Types of Narration and Irony |
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• demo-Gothic Ideology |
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Week 6 |
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02.26 Tuesday: |
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” p 236 |
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• demo-Atmospheric Setting |
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Various Criticism of "The Cask–"
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02.28 Thursday: |
William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” p 287-293 |
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• demo-Chronology |
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Various Criticism of "A Rose" |
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• Assignment 1: Comparison Paper thesis due |
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Week 7 |
updated 03.07.13 |
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03. 05 Tuesday: |
William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” p 287-293 |
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• demo-Faulkner |
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• demo-Example of Faulkner's Extreme Writing Style |
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03.07 Thursday: |
James Joyce, “Eveline” p 3-7 |
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• demo-Anti-Hero Characteristics |
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• demo- Critical Understanding of Story |
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MidTerm Study Guide |
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Spring Break |
03.11 Friday - 03.18 Monday |
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Week 8 |
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03.19 Tuesday: |
Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” p 294 |
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• demo-Hemingway |
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Kate Chopin, “The Story of An Hour” p 246 |
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• demo-Chopin |
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• Assignment 1: Comparison Paper full paper due |
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03.21 Thursday: |
Review For MidTerm |
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Expectations for Final Project, Paper due: 05.02 |
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Thesis due: 04.16 |
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• Basic Outline for Analytical Research: Step-by-Step |
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• Guidelines for Declaring a Thesis– review |
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Week 9 |
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03.26 Tuesday: |
MidTerm |
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03.28 Thursday: |
Easter Holidays; No Class |
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Week 10 |
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04.02 Tuesday: |
Sophocles Antigone p 722-757 |
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• demo-Royal House of Thebes |
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• demo-Analysis of Opposition |
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04.04 Thursday: |
Sophocles Antigone p 722-757 |
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• demo-Analysis of Approach |
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• Scene II from 1961 Greek film Antigone |
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• Image of caryatid |
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Week 11 |
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04.09 Tuesday: |
Library Orientation: Literary Databases |
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Creating a Synopsis of a Critical Opinion |
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04.11 Thursday: |
MLA Guidelines: Works Cited Pages: Anthologies |
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• demo |
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How to Read Poetry • Explication of Poetry |
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Poetical Devices and Terminologies – part 1 |
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• demo |
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• examples |
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• Article Synopsis due |
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Week 12 |
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04.16 Tuesday: |
Poetical Devices and Terminologies – part 2 |
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• demo-Approaches to Poetry |
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• demo-Devices and Terminologies |
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English/Irish Folk Ballads |
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• demo-Ballads |
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• examples |
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• Tentative Thesis/Introduction due |
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04.18 Thursday: |
Modernism in Poetry |
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e. e. cummings, “in Just” p 608 |
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e. e. cummings, “l(a” and “13” supplemental |
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T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 602 (overview) |
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04.19 Friday: |
Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of “W” |
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Week 13 |
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04.23 Tuesday: |
T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 602- part 1 |
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• demo |
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04.25 Thursday: |
Preliminary Works Cited Page due |
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week 14 |
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04.30 Tuesday: |
T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 602- part2 |
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05.02 Thursday: |
Quiz over Poetry Devices and Modernist Themes
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Sylvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus" supplemental |
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• demo |
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• Final project due |
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week 15 |
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05.07 Tuesday: |
Contemporary Poetry |
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Lynda Hull “Ornithology” supplemental |
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Susan Mitchell “Havana Birth” supplemental |
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• demo |
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Study Guide for Final |
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Final Exams |
Final Exams: 05.08-05.14 < Click for full exam schedule |
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Thursday May 09, 8.00 am - 10.00 am |
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