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Othello = paperback
BT = The Bean Trees
X = handouts
All Other assignments from Intro to Lit (Barnet, Berman, Burto,
Cain)
titles abbreviated with page numbers listed
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S2 Introductions, 3-D Poetry:
"Blink Your Eyes," "Famous," "Three Ravens" p. 643
S4 Active reading, layers of meaning
"In Brief" 61720, "Eagle" 562, "Refugee" 577-8, "Dulce" 684, Hughes poems (X)
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S7 What do you see? Where do you see it?
"Clocks" 513, "Tigers" 620, "inner city" 708, "Do not go" 605, "Sonnet 116" 650, "Sonrisas" 712
S9 Structures, Disc. Starters
"Love" 597, "Sympathy" 525-6, "Richard Cory" 674, "Rose" 553, "America" 683, "Acquainted" 754
S11 **DG meeting**
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S14 Phrase & image, DG Recap
"Mother" 519, "Kitchen" 547, "Digging" 567, "Bodega" 596, "Fish" 688, "King" 694, "anyone" 524
S16 It was, like.... Disc. Starters
Valediction" 651, "Spring" 675, "Silken Tent" 756, "Vision" 723, "Father" 728, "Rite of Passage" 587
S18 **DG meeting**
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S21 Voices & visions, Disc. Recap
"Duchess" 536, "Dear John" 550, "Ethics" 591, "Sonnet" 593, "Douglass" 691-2, "Borderlands" 713
S23 *Workshop 1:Thesis*
pp. 15091512, pp. 15191525+
S25 Othello: Who's What
pp. 10441047, Othello Act I
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S28 Othello: Poetry in Motion
Othello, Act II (&III)
S30 Othello: Plots & preparations, Essay #1 Due
Othello, Act III
Required Viewing: Othello, 7:009:30 pm, October 2
O2 Othello: Ironies, Disc. Starters
Othello, Act IV (&V) & tragedies
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Othello, Act V
O7 Othello on Trial, Disc. Recap
O9 FALL BREAK: NO CLASS
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O12 ADH: Setting the scene
A Doll's House, Act 1 (10601081)
O14 ADH: Motion & emotion, Disc. Starters
A Doll's House, Acts 2 & 3 (1081-1112)
O16 **DG meeting** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
O19 ADH: Motivations & controversies, Disc. Recap
O21 **Workshop 2: Parag.**
O23 View A Doll's House
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O26 Telling tales, reading for detail
pp. 112115, "Conversation" 341, "Everyday Use" 409
O28 Tales untold, Essay #2 Due
"Desiree's" 69, "The Lesson" 377, "The Stolen Party" 405
O30 Levels of conflict
"A Good Man..." 128 + 173174, "A Rose for Emily" 287
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N2 Internal battlefields, Disc. Starters
"Shiloh" 390, "Cathedral" 184 + 194197
N4 **DG meeting**
N6 Details + themes, Disc. Recap
BT 152, "The Things They Carried" 418
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N9 Between the lines
"Yellow Wallpaper" 244, "Small Things" (X)
N11 American dreams, Disc. Starters
BT 53130, "Hurricaine" (X)
N14 **DG meeting** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
N16 Readers' responses, Disc. Recap
BT 131189
N18 Identities
BT 190232, "Amtrak" 732, "Only Approved..."364
N20 **Workshop 3: Draft** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
N23 Choices & Set-ups
"Omelas" (X), "Cold Equations" (X)
N25, N27: NO CLASS, THANKSGIVING BREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
N30 Questions w/o answers, Essay #3 Due
"Recitatif" (X)
D2 **Informal DG meeting**
D4 Bean Trees, Review, Evals
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Exam: Friday, December 11, 3:005:00 ("last call!")
Essay #3 Revisions due by Wednesday, DECEMBER 19, High Noon
If you need special assistance or assignment modifications to complete the requirements for this class, they will be provided upon request.
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