ENGLISH 2307 SPRING 2013: READING SCHEDULE
"Eighty percent of success is showing up." (Woody Allen)
This schedule is subject to additions and/or deletions. Any changes will be announced in advance, in class. Students are responsible for finding out about any changes to this syllabus that may be announced when absent from the class. We will take up the assigned readings on the designated date, unless otherwise indicated.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You are to have the entire short story or novel read for the date that the story or novel is first noted on the schedule. Also, note that students must always bring the story or the novel to class that is assigned that day. That is, do NOT come to class without your books.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: You are to have the entire short story or novel read for the date that the story or novel is first noted on the schedule. Also, note that students must always bring the story or the novel to class that is assigned that day. That is, do NOT come to class without your books.
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Week 1
17 JAN: Introductions & course overview
Week 2
CLASSES CANCELLED DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY: Please see your TTU email address for details (21 January 2013)
Week 3
29 JAN: Short Fiction Reading: Holst, “The Zebra Storyteller” : http://www.archipelago.org/vol3-1/holst.htm
31 JAN: Short Fiction Reading: Atwood, "Happy Endings" : (TO BE MADE AVAILABLE BY INSTRUCTOR)
Week 4
5 FEB: Short Fiction Reading: Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" : http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/
7 FEB: Short Fiction Reading: Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily": http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html
17 JAN: Introductions & course overview
Week 2
CLASSES CANCELLED DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY: Please see your TTU email address for details (21 January 2013)
Week 3
29 JAN: Short Fiction Reading: Holst, “The Zebra Storyteller” : http://www.archipelago.org/vol3-1/holst.htm
31 JAN: Short Fiction Reading: Atwood, "Happy Endings" : (TO BE MADE AVAILABLE BY INSTRUCTOR)
Week 4
5 FEB: Short Fiction Reading: Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" : http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/
7 FEB: Short Fiction Reading: Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily": http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html
Week 5
12 FEB: Short Fiction: Stephen Graham Jones, “Discovering America” : See Tab above for access to Jones's stories
14 FEB: Stephen Graham Jones, "Captivity Narrative 109" : See Tab above for access to Jones's stories
Week 6
19 FEB: Novel Reading: King, Truth and Bright Water (TBW): QUIZ ON THE ENTIRE NOVEL
21 FEB: TBW
Week 7
26 FEB: TBW
28 FEB: IN-CLASS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR ESSAY #1 (ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY)
Week 8
5 MAR: TBW
7 MAR: ESSAY #1 DUE; Short Fiction, Hemingway, “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” (CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF)
Week 9
SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES
Week 10
19 MAR: Short Fiction: O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF)
21 MAR: Short Fiction: *CHANGE*: Carver's "Cathedral" (CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF)
Week 11
26 MAR: Novel Reading: Foer, Everything is Illuminated (EII): QUIZ ON ENTIRE NOVEL
28 MAR: EII
Week 12
2 APR: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH DAY FOR LIBRARY PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT: click for link
4 APR: EII
Week 13
9 APR: EII
11 APR Short Fiction: O'Brien's "The Things They Carried"
Week 14
16 APR: Short Fiction: Pam Houston, "Cowboys are My Weakness"
18 APR: Novel Reading: McCarthy’s TheRoad (TR): READING QUIZ ON ENTIRE NOVEL
Week 15:
23 APR: TR
25 APR: TR
Week 16
30 APR: IN-CLASS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR ESSAY #2 (ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY)
2 MAY: TR
IMPORTANT NOTE: students must bring a blue book (examination booklet) to the last class so that all exam booklets can be examined by the instructor before the day of the final exam.
Week 17:
7 MAY: ESSAY #2 DUE; Review for Final Exam
Final Exam Schedule
9 MAY: Final Examination in Room 450 from 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM for Section 030
10 MAY: Final Examination in Room 450 from 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM for Section 033
~ End of Reading Schedule for Spring 2013 ~
12 FEB: Short Fiction: Stephen Graham Jones, “Discovering America” : See Tab above for access to Jones's stories
14 FEB: Stephen Graham Jones, "Captivity Narrative 109" : See Tab above for access to Jones's stories
Week 6
19 FEB: Novel Reading: King, Truth and Bright Water (TBW): QUIZ ON THE ENTIRE NOVEL
21 FEB: TBW
Week 7
26 FEB: TBW
28 FEB: IN-CLASS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR ESSAY #1 (ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY)
Week 8
5 MAR: TBW
7 MAR: ESSAY #1 DUE; Short Fiction, Hemingway, “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” (CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF)
Week 9
SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES
Week 10
19 MAR: Short Fiction: O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF)
21 MAR: Short Fiction: *CHANGE*: Carver's "Cathedral" (CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF)
Week 11
26 MAR: Novel Reading: Foer, Everything is Illuminated (EII): QUIZ ON ENTIRE NOVEL
28 MAR: EII
Week 12
2 APR: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH DAY FOR LIBRARY PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT: click for link
4 APR: EII
Week 13
9 APR: EII
11 APR Short Fiction: O'Brien's "The Things They Carried"
Week 14
16 APR: Short Fiction: Pam Houston, "Cowboys are My Weakness"
18 APR: Novel Reading: McCarthy’s TheRoad (TR): READING QUIZ ON ENTIRE NOVEL
Week 15:
23 APR: TR
25 APR: TR
Week 16
30 APR: IN-CLASS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR ESSAY #2 (ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY)
2 MAY: TR
IMPORTANT NOTE: students must bring a blue book (examination booklet) to the last class so that all exam booklets can be examined by the instructor before the day of the final exam.
Week 17:
7 MAY: ESSAY #2 DUE; Review for Final Exam
Final Exam Schedule
9 MAY: Final Examination in Room 450 from 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM for Section 030
10 MAY: Final Examination in Room 450 from 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM for Section 033
~ End of Reading Schedule for Spring 2013 ~