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Eng 104, Fall 2002

Calendar (Tentative)

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10

Week 1

09/30
Introduction to Course

10/02
Early Forms

Read Before Class: Kennedy and Gioia, "Reading a Story" (Handout); SIW, "A Brief History of the Short Story," pp. 1673-1682.

Prepare for Discussion: "Reading a Story," Questions, top of p. 5, p. 6, and p. 7.

10/04
Nineteenth-Century Beginnings of the Short Story

Read Before Class: SIW, "The Elements of Fiction," pp. 1683-1688 (Plot, Character, Setting); Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado," pp. 1145-1151 and "The Importance of the Single Effect in a Prose Tale," pp. 1531-1533.

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Quiz

Week 2

10/07

Beginnings, continued.

Read Before Class: SIW, "The Elements of Fiction," pp. 1689-1695 (Point of View, Style and Voice, Symbolism and Allegory, Theme); Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown," pp. 619, 633-642; Melville, "Blackness in Hathorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,'" pp. 1505-1507.

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

10/09
Local Color

Read Before Class: SIW, Jewett, "A White Heron," pp. 735-743 and "Looking Back on Girlhood," pp. 1488-1490; Chopin, "The Story of an Hour," pp. 328, 333-335.

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

10/11
Realism

Read Before Class: SIW, Maupassant, "The Necklace," pp. 975-982 and "The Writer's Goal," pp. 1503-1505; James, "Paste," pp. 709-721.

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Quiz

Week 3

10/14
Essay #1 Assignment

Discussion of Goals and Requirements for Essay #1

Read Before Class: SIW, "Writing About Short Stories," pp. 1696-1714; Gardner, "Writing Research Papers," pp. 1-5 (up to "Finding and Using Sources"), 18-24 (up to "List of Works Cited").

10/16
Hysteria Narratives

Read Before Class: Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," pp. 576-588 and "Undergoing the Cure for Nervous Prostration," pp. 1467-1469; Gilbert & Gubar, "A Feminist Reading of Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper," pp. 1464-1467

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

In Class: View The Yellow Wallpaper (Film)

10/18
Naturalism

Read Before Class: SIW, Crane, "The Open Boat," pp. 409-427 and "The Sinking of the Commodore," pp. 1453-1456

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Week 4

10/21

Into the Twentieth Century; Modernism; Minimalism; More Realism

Read Before Class: SIW, Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants," pp. 652-656; Wharton, "Roman Fever," pp. 1358-1368 and "Every Subject Must Contain within Itself Its Own Dimensions," pp. 1570-1571

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

10/23
Fantasy

Read Before Class: SIW, Kinsella, "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa," pp. 831-841

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Quiz

10/25

In Class: View Field of Dreams (Film)

Read Before Class on 10/26: SIW, "Fiction Into Film," pp. 1643-1669

Week 5

10/28

In Class: View Field of Dreams (Film)

Essay #1 Due

10/30
Discussion; review for midterm.

11/01
Midterm

NOTE: You will be asked for Essay #2 to select a story from SIW that is not one of the assigned readings. You should peruse the text and make your selection before class on 11/04.

Week 6

11/04
Essay #2 Assignment

NOTE: Class today meets in ITC Classroom, 267B Knight Library

Discussion of Goals and Requirements for Essay #2

Read Before Class: Gardner, "Writing Research Papers," pp. 5-18, pp. 24-31

Review, if needed: Gardner, "Writing Research Papers," pp. 18-24

In Class: Sign-up sheet to let your instructor know which story you have selected to read for Essay #2.

11/06
Library, Research, Conference Day

Use this day to refine your thesis statement for Essay #2, to locate at least three different types of sources to use in preparing Essay #2, and to prepare a preliminary, working outline for Essay # 2 (due 11/08).

11/08
Harlem Renaissance; Southern Renascence

Read Before Class: SIW, Hurston, "Sweat," pp. 669, 678-687 and "What White Publishers Won't Print," pp. 1476-1480; Faulkner, "That Evening Sun," pp. 468, 476-488

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Turn in: Thesis Statement, Preliminary (Working) Outline for Essay #2, and Bibliography notecards in MLA format for at least three different types of sources you have located to use in writing Essay #2

Week 7

11/11
Proletarian Literature; American Humor

Read Before Class: SIW, Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums," pp. 1254-1262; Parini, "Lawrence's and Steinbeck's 'Chrysanthemums,'" pp. 1529-1531; Thurber, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," pp. 1273-1277

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Quiz

11/13
The Scapegoat

Read Before Class: SIW, Jackson, "The Lottery," pp. 701-708 and "The Morning of June 28, 1948, and 'The Lottery,'" pp. 1480-1483; LeGuin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," pp. 888-893; "The Scapegoat in Omelas," pp. 1495-1496

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

11/15
Multicultural Literature

Read Before Class: SIW, Erdrich, "The Red Convertible," pp. 460-467; Tan, "Two Kinds," pp. 1263-1272 and "In the Canon, For All the Wrong Reasons," pp. 1552-1556

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Quiz

Week 8

11/18
Peer Review Workshop

First Draft of Essay #2 due

In Class: Exchange, read, and comment on essay first drafts

11/20
Revision Workshop

Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 1-3, pp. 3-61

In-Class: Use Revision Guidelines and Mechanics Checklist to polish Essay #2

11/22
The Novel

Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 4-6, pp. 63-119

In Class: The Development of the Novel Form

Essay #2 Final Draft Due. Include in your folder all the materials related to the preparation of your essay: thesis statement, working outline, bibliography cards, note cards, first draft, peer review comment sheet, revision and mechanics checklists, and final version.

Week 9

11/25

Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 7-9, pp. 121-182

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

Quiz

11/27

Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 10-12, pp. 185-246

Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)

11/29
Thanksgiving Vacation--No Class

Week 10

12/02
In-Class: View Like Water for Chocolate (Film)

12/04
In Class: View Like Water for Chocolate (Film)

12/06
Discussion; review for final; evaluation.

Finals
Week
12/12
(Thurs.)

Final Exam, 10:15 am

Last Updated 05/13/02

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10

Week 1	09/30	Introduction to Course
	10/02	Early Forms Read Before Class: Kennedy and Gioia, "Reading a Story" (Handout); SIW, "A Brief History of the Short Story," pp. 1673-1682. Prepare for Discussion: "Reading a Story," Questions, top of p. 5, p. 6, and p. 7.
	10/04	Nineteenth-Century Beginnings of the Short Story Read Before Class: SIW, "The Elements of Fiction," pp. 1683-1688 (Plot, Character, Setting); Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado," pp. 1145-1151 and "The Importance of the Single Effect in a Prose Tale," pp. 1531-1533. Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) *Quiz*
Week 2	10/07	Beginnings, continued. Read Before Class: SIW, "The Elements of Fiction," pp. 1689-1695 (Point of View, Style and Voice, Symbolism and Allegory, Theme); Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown," pp. 619, 633-642; Melville, "Blackness in Hathorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,'" pp. 1505-1507. Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)
	10/09	Local Color Read Before Class: SIW, Jewett, "A White Heron," pp. 735-743 and "Looking Back on Girlhood," pp. 1488-1490; Chopin, "The Story of an Hour," pp. 328, 333-335. Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)
	10/11	Realism Read Before Class: SIW, Maupassant, "The Necklace," pp. 975-982 and "The Writer's Goal," pp. 1503-1505; James, "Paste," pp. 709-721. Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) *Quiz*
Week 3	10/14	Essay #1 Assignment Discussion of Goals and Requirements for Essay #1 Read Before Class: SIW, "Writing About Short Stories," pp. 1696-1714; Gardner, "Writing Research Papers," pp. 1-5 (up to "Finding and Using Sources"), 18-24 (up to "List of Works Cited").
	10/16	Hysteria Narratives Read Before Class: Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," pp. 576-588 and "Undergoing the Cure for Nervous Prostration," pp. 1467-1469; Gilbert & Gubar, "A Feminist Reading of Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper," pp. 1464-1467 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) In Class: View The Yellow Wallpaper (Film)
	10/18	Naturalism Read Before Class: SIW, Crane, "The Open Boat," pp. 409-427 and "The Sinking of the Commodore," pp. 1453-1456 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)
Week 4	10/21	Into the Twentieth Century; Modernism; Minimalism; More Realism Read Before Class: SIW, Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants," pp. 652-656; Wharton, "Roman Fever," pp. 1358-1368 and "Every Subject Must Contain within Itself Its Own Dimensions," pp. 1570-1571 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)
	10/23	Fantasy Read Before Class: SIW, Kinsella, "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa," pp. 831-841 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) *Quiz*
	10/25	In Class: View Field of Dreams (Film) Read Before Class on 10/26: SIW, "Fiction Into Film," pp. 1643-1669
Week 5	10/28	In Class: View Field of Dreams (Film) *Essay #1 Due*
	10/30	Discussion; review for midterm.
	11/01	Midterm
NOTE: You will be asked for Essay #2 to select a story from SIW that is not one of the assigned readings. You should peruse the text and make your selection before class on 11/04.
Week 6	11/04	Essay #2 Assignment NOTE: Class today meets in ITC Classroom, 267B Knight Library Discussion of Goals and Requirements for Essay #2 Read Before Class: Gardner, "Writing Research Papers," pp. 5-18, pp. 24-31 Review, if needed: Gardner, "Writing Research Papers," pp. 18-24 In Class: Sign-up sheet to let your instructor know which story you have selected to read for Essay #2.
	11/06	Library, Research, Conference Day Use this day to refine your thesis statement for Essay #2, to locate at least three different types of sources to use in preparing Essay #2, and to prepare a preliminary, working outline for Essay # 2 (due 11/08).
	11/08	Harlem Renaissance; Southern Renascence Read Before Class: SIW, Hurston, "Sweat," pp. 669, 678-687 and "What White Publishers Won't Print," pp. 1476-1480; Faulkner, "That Evening Sun," pp. 468, 476-488 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) Turn in: Thesis Statement, Preliminary (Working) Outline for Essay #2, and Bibliography notecards in MLA format for at least three different types of sources you have located to use in writing Essay #2
Week 7	11/11	Proletarian Literature; American Humor Read Before Class: SIW, Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums," pp. 1254-1262; Parini, "Lawrence's and Steinbeck's 'Chrysanthemums,'" pp. 1529-1531; Thurber, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," pp. 1273-1277 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) *Quiz*
	11/13	The Scapegoat Read Before Class: SIW, Jackson, "The Lottery," pp. 701-708 and "The Morning of June 28, 1948, and 'The Lottery,'" pp. 1480-1483; LeGuin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," pp. 888-893; "The Scapegoat in Omelas," pp. 1495-1496 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)
	11/15	Multicultural Literature Read Before Class: SIW, Erdrich, "The Red Convertible," pp. 460-467; Tan, "Two Kinds," pp. 1263-1272 and "In the Canon, For All the Wrong Reasons," pp. 1552-1556 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) *Quiz*
Week 8	11/18	Peer Review Workshop *First Draft of Essay #2 due* In Class: Exchange, read, and comment on essay first drafts
	11/20	Revision Workshop Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 1-3, pp. 3-61 In-Class: Use Revision Guidelines and Mechanics Checklist to polish Essay #2
	11/22	The Novel Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 4-6, pp. 63-119 In Class: The Development of the Novel Form *Essay #2 Final Draft Due.* Include in your folder all the materials related to the preparation of your essay: thesis statement, working outline, bibliography cards, note cards, first draft, peer review comment sheet, revision and mechanics checklists, and final version.
Week 9	11/25	Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 7-9, pp. 121-182 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout) *Quiz*
	11/27	Read Before Class: Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Chs. 10-12, pp. 185-246 Prepare for Discussion: Questions (Handout)
	11/29	Thanksgiving Vacation--No Class
Week 10	12/02	In-Class: View Like Water for Chocolate (Film)
	12/04	In Class: View Like Water for Chocolate (Film)
	12/06	Discussion; review for final; evaluation.
Finals Week	12/12 (Thurs.)	Final Exam, 10:15 am