Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Spring 2007

English 201:022

Week 1 (Jan 23-25): Poetry
Tone
: Knight "Hard Rock Returns," Blake "London,"

Week 2 (Jan 30-Feb 1): Speaker
Whitman "[I celebrate myself . . . ]," Frost "The Road Not Taken," Dickinson '[Because I cold not stop for Death. . .]"
Language: Williams "The Red Wheelbarrow," "This Is Just to Say,"
Dickinson "[After great pain . . .]," "[I dwell in Possibility . . .]," Cummings "[in Just-]"
Response 1 due Jan 30

Week 3 (Feb 6-8): Metaphor and Simile
Shakespeare "[Shall I Compare Thee . . .]," Donne "The Canonization," Dickinson "[Wild Nights]," Pound "In a Station of the Metro"
Draft of essay 1 due in class Feb 8.
Peer review

Week 4 (Feb 13-15): Sounds
Poe, "The Raven," Stevens "The Emperor of Ice Cream," Thomas "Fern Hill"
Structure (external): Shakespeare "[My mistress' eyes . . .]," Thomas "Do Not Go Gentle," Bishop "Sestina," MacLeish "Ars Poetica."
Essay 1 due Feb 15.

Week 5 (Feb 20-22): Fiction
Plo
t: Baldwin "Sonny's Blues, " Chopin "The Story of an Hour"
Response 2 due Feb 20

Week 6 (Feb 27-March 1): Narration and POV
Bierce "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," Joyce "Araby," O'Connor "A Good Man is Man to Find"
Response 3 due Feb 27

Week 7 (March 6-8):
Prep for Midterm exam
Midterm exam March 8

Week 8: (March 13-15) Spring Break

Week 9 (March 20-22): Fiction: Novel
Begin Morrison Jazz
Response 4 due March 20

Week 10 (March 27-29): Continue Morrison Jazz
Response 5 due March 27

Week 11 (April 3-5): Finish Morrison Jazz
essay #2 draft due April 3. Peer Review

Week 12 (April 10-12): Drama
Shakespeare Hamlet
Essay #2 due April10

Week 13 (April 17-19): Drama
finish Hamlet
Response 6 due April 17

Week 14 (April 24-26): Drama
Miller Death of a Salesman
Response 7 due April 24

Week 15 (May 1-May 3):
Draft of Essay 3 due May 1. Peer Review

Prep for final exam.
Essay 3 due May 3

Final Exam: Tuesday, May 15. 10:30-1:15

 

 

 

 

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