Writing About Literature (EL237): Course Outline

Class Topics, Readings and Due Dates

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Wed 22 Jul

Mon 24 Aug Topic: Introduction

Wed 26 Aug
Text: Roberts, Ch1 Text: Maupassant, "The Necklace"	Due: Ex 1: Literature and I
Fri 28 Aug Topic: Close Reading Topic: Weblog Overview
Text: Twain, "Luck" Text: Hardy, "The Man He Killed"
Mon 31 Aug Topic: Thesis Statements
Text: Roberts, Ch2
Wed 02 Sep
	Due: Roberts Ch 3
Fri 04 Sep Topic: Thesis Workshop
Text: Glaspell, "Trifles" (in Roberts)	Due: Ex 2: Close Reading
Mon 07 Sep Labor Day (No Class)
Text: Poetry
Wed 09 Sep Topic: Presubmission Workshop
Text: Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek"
Fri 11 Sep
Text: Roberts, Ch4
Mon 14 Sep Topic: Structure and Plot
Text: Hardy, "The Three Strangers" (in Roberts) Text: Shakespeare, "Sonnet 73" (in Roberts) Text: Roberts Ch5
Wed 16 Sep Fall Convocation (No Class)
Text: Plath (in Kelly, 237-243)
Fri 18 Sep Topic: Peer Review Workshop
	Due: Paper 1 Draft
Mon 21 Sep Topic: Gender Determinism
Text: Macdonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)	Due: Portfolio 1
Wed 23 Sep Topic: Postmodernism
Text: Macdonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Fri 25 Sep
Text: Wordsworth and Yeats
Mon 28 Sep
	Due: Ex 3: Article Analysis
Wed 30 Sep
Text: Frost, "Desert Places" Text: Roberts Ch 12
Fri 02 Oct
Text: Williams, The Quick and the Dead
Mon 05 Oct
Text: Williams, The Quick and the Dead	Due: Paper 2 Presubmission
Wed 07 Oct
Text: Williams, The Quick and the Dead
Fri 09 Oct
	Due: Paper 2 Draft
Wed 14 Oct
	Due: Ex 4: Review
Fri 16 Oct
Text: Spiegelman, Maus Ch 1-4	Due: Portfolio 2
Mon 19 Oct
Text: Spiegelman, Maus (Finish) Text: Roberts, Ch8
Wed 21 Oct Topic: Presenter: Aja Hannah
Text: Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death" Text: Roberts, Ch 6	Due: Paper 2 Revision
Fri 23 Oct
	Due: Ex 5: Bibliography Exercise
Mon 26 Oct No Class
Text: Editorial
Wed 28 Oct Optional: USA Today Writing Project (Editorial)
Text: Shakespeare,"Sonnet 30" Text: Keats, "On First Looking..." Text: Roberts, Ch 9	Due: Ex 6: Editorial
Fri 30 Oct Topic: Research Workshop (Meet at Reeves Library)
Text: Mansfield, "Miss Brill" Text: Roberts, Ch 18
Mon 02 Nov Comics and Holocaust Education Topic: Presubmission Workshop
	Due: Paper 3 Presubmission
Wed 04 Nov Topic: Tone
Text: Hughes, "Theme" Text: Roberts, Ch 11
Fri 06 Nov Topic: Journalism as Storytelling
Text: Whitehead, John Henry Days (Prologue & Part One)
Mon 09 Nov Topic: Postcolonialism
Text: Whitehead, John Henry Days (Part Two and Part Three)
Wed 11 Nov Topic: Trauma and Violence
Text: Whitehead, John Henry Days (Part Four)
Fri 13 Nov Topic: Interpretation
Text: Whitehead, John Henry Days (Part Five)	Due: Portfolio 3
Mon 16 Nov Topic: Draft Workshop
	Due: Paper 3 Draft
Wed 18 Nov Topic: Ideas and Themes
Text: Chekhov, "The Bear" Text: Roberts, Ch 7
Fri 20 Nov Topic: Prosody
Text: Browning, "Porphyria's Lover" Text: Roberts, Ch 13
Mon 23 Nov Topic: Oral Presentations End
Text: Chace, "The Decline of the English Department"
Wed 25 Nov

Fri 27 Nov

Mon 30 Nov Topic: Peer Review Discussion Topic: Economic Determinism
Text: Dickens, A Christmas Carol (Staves 1-3)
Wed 02 Dec Topic: Mythology
Text: Dickens, A Christmas Carol (Finish)
Thu 03 Dec
	Due: Paper 3 Peer Review
Fri 04 Dec Topic: Context and Symbolism
Text: Roberts, Ch 10 and Ch 16	Due: Portfolio 4 Due: Graduating Seniors Due Date
Mon 07 Dec Topic: Review Workshop

Thu 10 Dec
	Due: Paper 3 Revision

Karyssa Blair on Paper 3 Revision: Thank you! I was worried I wou
Dennis G. Jerz on Paper 3 Revision: That's right, you have until T
Karyssa Blair on Paper 3 Revision: Dr. Jerz, I was wondering, by
Kayla Lesko on Portfolio 4: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Kay
Kayla Lesko on Roberts, Ch 10 and Ch 16: Ch. 10: http://blogs.setonhill
Dave on Portfolio 4: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Dav
Kayla Lesko on Dickens, A Christmas Carol (Finish): http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Kay
Aja Hannah on Roberts, Ch 10 and Ch 16: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Aja
Kayla Lesko on Dickens, A Christmas Carol (Staves 1-3): http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Kay
Aja Hannah on Chekhov, "The Bear": Not True Love http://blogs.se

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