LITR 2603 Schedule

LITR 2603 Spring 2005 Reading & Assignment Schedule

the Novel

WEEK 1
1/17---class introduction
1/19---The Left Hand of Darkness Introduction & Chapter 1 (to page 21) *
1/21---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 2-3 (to page 42) *

WEEK 2
1/24---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 4-5 (to page 71) *
1/26---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 6-7 (to page 97) *
1/28---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 8-9 (to page 129) *

WEEK 3
1/31---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 10-11 (to page 161) *
2/2---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 12-13 (to page 183) *
2/4---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 14-15 (to page 220) *

WEEK 4
2/7---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 16-17 (to page 239) *
2/9---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapter 18 (to page 262) *
2/11---The Left Hand of Darkness Chapters 19-20 (to end) *

Short Story

WEEK 5
2/14---Midterm Exam 1: The Left Hand of Darkness
2/16---Short Story: Literature Chapter 1: all *
2/18---Literature Chapter 2: Introduction, Lahiri *

WEEK 6
2/21---Paper 1 due: The Left Hand of Darkness; read Faulkner (pp. 29-36) *
2/23---Literature Chapter 3: Introduction, Porter, Walker *
2/25---Literature Chapter 3: Carver, “Carver on Writing” *; Last day to withdraw without record

WEEK 7
2/28---Literature Chapter 4: Introduction, Chopin, Boyle *
3/2---Literature Chapter 5: Introduction, Hemingway *
3/4---Literature Chapter 5: “Irony” (pp. 172-3), Ha Jin *

WEEK 8
3/7---Literature Chapter 6: all *
3/9---Literature Chapter 7: Introduction, Steinbeck, Jackson *
3/11---Literature Chapter 7: Tallent, Le Guin, “Le Guin on Writing” *

----SPRING BREAK----

Drama

WEEK 9
3/21---Literature pp. 866-889 *
3/23---Midterm 2: short stories
3/25---Literature Chapter 31: Introduction to Othello; Last day to drop this course

WEEK 10
3/28---Paper 2 due: short story; Literature Chapter 31: Othello Act I (pp. 988-1012) *
3/30---Literature Chapter 31: Othello Act II (pp. 1012-1032) *
4/1---Literature Chapter 31: Othello Act III (pp. 1032-1054) *

WEEK 11
4/4---Literature Chapter 31: Othello Act IV (pp. 1055-1073) *
4/6---discussion
4/8---Literature Chapter 31: Othello Act V (pp. 1073-1089) *Final AIL*

WEEK 12
4/11---Film: Parker’s Othello
4/13---Film: Parker’s Othello
4/15---Film: Parker’s Othello

Poetry

WEEK 13
4/18---Literature Chapter 10, 11
4/20---Research Paper Workshop: meet in library
4/22---Literature Chapter 12

WEEK 14
4/25---Literature Chapters 13 & 14
4/27---Literature Chapter 15
4/29---Literature Chapter 17

WEEK 15
5/2---Literature Chapter 18
5/4---Literature Chapter 19
5/6---Literature Chapter 21; Paper 3 due: Othello; Last day of class!

*By every date with an asterisk, we will have an AIL (see syllabus for details)

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