English 201:MT4

Week 1 (Jan 23-25): Sound and Rhythm
Listen to Mackey (in class)
Mackey
Braithwaite

Week 2 (Jan 30-Feb 1): Sound and Rhythm
Hughes
Reed
Taggart
Lange
Response 1 due Jan 30

Week 3 (Feb 6-8): Poetic Structure
Hayden
O'Hara
Hagedorn
Davis
Creeley

Week 4 (Feb 13-15): Poetry as Performance
Coleman
Thomas
Baraka
Cortez
Response 2 due Feb 13

Saturday, Feb 17: Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. 8:00 pm Concert Hall

Week 5 (Feb 20-22): Poetic Image
Spicer
Kaufman
Draft of essay 1 due in class Feb 20.
Peer review
Essay 1 due Feb 22 .

Week 6 (Feb 27-March 1): Narrative Structure:Poetry
Harper
Narrative Structure:Fiction
Baldwin
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): Fiction: autobiographical
Kerouac
essay #2 draft due April 3. Peer Review.

Week 12 (April 10-12):
Memoir and nonfiction
Young
Dawson
Essay 3 due April 10

Week 13 (April 17-19): Fiction
Powers "He Don't Plant Cotton"
Cartiér "Be-Bop, Re-Bop"
Response 7 due April 17

Week 14 (April 24-26):
Begin Remix Project

Week 15 (May 1-May 3):Prep for final exam.
Essay 3/Remix Project due May 3

Final Exam: Tuesday, May 15. 1:30-4:15