Short Story and Novel
English 252
September
M 1
W 3
No Class
Class Intro; Fiction as Art
M 8
W 10
Narrator/ Point of View
“Dead Men’s Path;” “The Verb To Kill”
M 15
W 17
Marxist Criticism; “A&P;” Plot
Mythological Criticism; “Looking for a Rain God;” “The Lottery”
M 22
W 24
The Quest; “Araby;” “A Worn Path”
Novel Reading Quiz 1; The Painted Bird; Hand out Essay for Exam 1
M 29
The Painted Bird
October
W 1
The Painted Bird
M 6
W 8
Exam 1; Character; “The Chrysanthemums”
“Miss Brill;” Discuss Annotative Bibliography
M 13
W 15
Psychological Criticism; Symbol; Allegory; “Young Goodman Brown”
“The Grave;” “Barbie-Q”
M 20
W 22
Eco-Criticism; Setting; “To Build a Fire;” “Hollywood!”
“Dry September;” “Cask of Amontillado”
M 27
W 29
Novel Reading Quiz 2; As I Lay Dying; Hand out Essay for Exam 2
As I Lay Dying
November
M 3
As I Lay Dying
W 5
Exam 2; Irony; “Jumping Frog;” “The Necklace”
M 10
W 12
“Regret;” “A Respectable Woman;” “The Story of an Hour”
“The Welcome Table;” “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
M 17
W 19
Style/Tone; “The Lady of the Manor”
Feminist Criticism; “The Yellow Wallpaper;” “The Use of Force”
M 24
W 26
Theme; The Man…Man;” “A Rose for Emily”
Exam 3; Annotative Bibliography due; Sharing of Research
December
M 1
Novel Reading Quiz 3; The Handmaid’s Tale Hand out Essay for Final Exam
W 3
The Handmaid’s Tale
M 8
W 10
The Handmaid’s Tale
Final Essay due; Final Exam Review; Student Evaluations
M 15
Final Exam (Comprehensive/Objective)