English 1B-- Dr. T. Keeler
Assignments
Monday/Wednesday
Week 1: Unit I—Hurston’s Legacy
(1) Course Introduction and Syllabus
(2) Walker, ed. I Love Myself…: “Dedication” (Walker, ed 1 – 5); “Introduction”
(Washington in Walker, ed., 1 -25); Ethnic Notions (film)
Week 2: Dust Tracks (excerpts):
(1) “My Birthplace” (28), “My Folks” (28 - 36), and “I Get Born” (36 - 40)
(2) “Inside Search (40 - 42), “Wandering” (42 – 49), “Research” (49 – 68)
--read for in-class discussion: “Books and Things” (68 – 71), “Love” (71 – 81)
Focus: Summaries, Paraphrases and Quotations
Week 3
(1) Mules and Men (excerpt): (82 – 122); “The ‘Pet’ Negro System” (156+)
(2) “How It Feels…” ( 152+) ; “My Most Humiliating..” (163+ ); “Crazy..” (165+);
“What White…” (169+)
Focus: Integrated Quotations; Contextualized references
Week 4
(1) “Sweat” (197+ ) and “Gilded…” (208+ )
(2) comparative analysis; discussion and essay preparation
Focus: Utilizing multiple sources
Week 5
(1) In class essay #1 (open book, open notes)
(2) Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God)— “Introduction” and Ch. 1 – 6
Week 6
(1) Ch. 7 - 15
(2) 3/31/2010 Cesar Chavez Day-Campus Closed
Week 7
(1) Ch. 16 – 20; Topics, Evidence and Outlines, Eyes essay draft
(2) Drafts Due (4 – 5 pages); peer group editing
Week 8:
(1) Hurston Essays due; Unit II—Drama, Introduction
Bring Glass Menagerie to class
April 19 – 24 Spring Break
Week 9:
(1) Glass quiz; discussion; view play
(2) tba
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