English 1B, Spring 2005
Write Through the Heart: an Introduction to Literature
Friday, 8:10 – 11 a.m., HU 102 (section 4279)
Calendar
Week 1 Jan 28
Course overview, introductions, literary analysis
Week 2 Feb 4
“The Storm,” Kate Chopin
“Hills Like White Elephants,” Ernest Hemingway
Chapters 1, 2 in Barnet
Introduction to Etudes, post first assignment
Week 3 Feb 11
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” Raymond Carver
“A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” Flannery O’Connor
Chapters 3, 4 in Barnet, Etudes #1
Week 4 Feb 18
PRESIDENT’S DAY (no class)
Chapters 9, 13 in Barnet, Etudes #2
Week 5 Feb 25
“The Vietnam In Me,” Tim O’Brien
Essay 1: rough draft (Bring 3 copies of essay)
Week 6 Mar 4
Introduction to poetry, chapter 11 in Barnet
Essay 1: final draft, Etudes #3
Week 7 Mar 11
Finish poetry, midterm review, Etudes #4
Week 8 Mar 18
Midterm, begin Othello Act I
Week 9 Mar 25
Othello Act II, III
Chapter 14 in Barnet, Etudes #5
Week 10 Apr 1
SPRING BREAK (no class), Etudes #6
Week 11 Apr 8
Othello Act IV, V
Essay 2: rough draft (Bring 3 copies of essay)
Week 12 Apr 15
The Awakening,
Essay 2: final draft, Etudes #7
Week 13 Apr 22
Finish The Awakening, Etudes #8
Week 14 Apr 29
Mrs. Dalloway, Etudes #9
Week 15 May 6
Mrs. Dalloway, Etudes #10
Week 16 May 13
Finish Mrs. Dalloway, begin group presentations, annotations due
Week 17 May 20
Finish group presentations
Research project: rough draft (Bring 3 copies of essay)
Week 18
Final exam: Monday, May 23 (8 – 10 a.m.)
Research project: final draft