English 252
September
M 3 No Class
W 5 Class Intro; Fiction as Art
M 10 Narrator/ Point of View; “The Verb To Kill”
W 12 Plot; E. M. Forster from Plot (1250) “Dead Men’s Path”
M 17 Marxist Criticism; “A&P”
W 19 Mythological Criticism; “Looking for a Rain God;” “The Lottery”
M 24 The Quest; “Araby;” “A Worn Path”
W 26 Novel Reading Quiz 1; The Painted Bird; Hand out Essay for Exam 1
October
M 1 The Painted Bird
W 3 The Painted Bird
M 8 Exam 1; Character; “The Chrysanthemums”
W 10
“Miss Brill;” Discuss Annotative Bibliography
M 15 Psychological Criticism; Symbol; Allegory; “Young Goodman Brown”
W 17 “The Grave;” “Barbie-Q”
M 22 Eco-Criticism; Setting; “To Build a Fire;” “Hollywood!”
W 24 “Dry September;” “Cask of Amontillado”
M 29 Novel Reading Quiz 2; As I Lay Dying; Hand out Essay for Exam 2
W 31 As I Lay Dying
November
M 5 As I Lay Dying
W 7 Exam 2; Irony; “Jumping Frog;” “The Necklace”
M 12 “Regret;” “A Respectable Woman;” “The Story of an Hour”
W 14 “The Welcome Table;” “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
M 19 Style/Tone; Feminist Criticism
W 21 “The Lady of the Manor;” “The Yellow Wallpaper;”
M 26 The Man…Man;” “The Use of Force”
W 28 Exam 3; Annotative Bibliography due; “A Rose for Emily”
December
M 3 Novel Reading Quiz 3; The Handmaid’s Tale; Hand out Essay for Final Exam
W 5 The Handmaid’s Tale
M 10 The Handmaid’s Tale
W 12 Final Essay due; Final Exam Review; Student Evaluations
M 17 Final Exam (Comprehensive/Objective)