Engl 1020 / Composition II / 10567
January 17 - May 7, 2013
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY 11:00am - 12:20am
[Yates 102]
COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
January 23
Class Lecture & Discussion: Overview of the Course
READ (Online) for the next class meeting
o Writing About the Central Idea
o The Central Idea (aka Theme)
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A One paragraph summary of
Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums (pg. 76)
Be sure to follow the General Guidelines for assignments (headings, margins, font, etc.)
WEEK 2: THE CENTRAL IDEA (THEME)
January 28
Class Lecture & Discussion: Identifying a Story's Theme ["The Chrysanthemums"]
SUBMIT: A one paragraph summary of Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums
READ for Thursday
o Chapter 7 / pgs 183 - 187
o Chapter 6 / pgs 126 - 127
January 30
Class Lecture & Discussion: Parsing the Theme Statement
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A one paragraph summary and
interpretation of Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums (pg. 76)
WEEK 3: PLOT, STORY and CONFLICT
February 4
Class Lecture & Discussion: Separating Plot and Story ["Desiree's Baby"]
SUBMIT: A one paragraph summary and interpretation of Steinbeck's The
Chrysanthemums
Begin READING Maisie Dobbs
February 6
Class Lecture & Discussion: Identifying the Conflict(s)
READ:
In the Text: Plot and Conflict (pgs. 437 - 438)
Online:
 Them's Fightin' Words
 Conflict
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A summary and interpretation
plus a discussion of plot and conflict(s) in Chopin's Desiree's Baby (pg. 63)
WEEK 4: CHARACTER ["Almost A Man"}
February 11
Class Lecture & Discussion: Flat and Round Characters
Continue READING Maisie Dobbs
SUBMIT: A summary and interpretation plus discussion of plot and conflict(s) in
Chopin's Desiree's Baby (pg. )
February 13
Class Lecture & Discussion: Static and Dynamic Characters
READ for this week
In the Text: Character (pgs. 439 - 440)
Online:
 My Aunt Betty
 Character
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A Summary and
Interpretation plus discussion of Character in Wright's The Man Who Was Almost
A Man
WEEK 5: SETTING ["A Rose for Emily"]
February 18
Class Lecture & Discussion: Where and When Does the Story Happen and What if We
Don't Know
SUBMIT: A Summary and Interpretation plus discussion of Character in Wright's The
Man Who Was Almost A Man
Continue READING Maisie Dobbs
February 20
Class Lecture & Discussion: Open
READ for this week
In the Text: Setting (pg. 439)
Online:
 Everything Happens Somewhere
 Setting
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A summary and
interpretation plus discussion of Point of View in Faulkner's A Rose for Emily
WEEK 6: POINT OF VIEW [A & P]
February 25
Class Lecture & Discussion: Who Tells the Story (Omniscient Narrator, Main, Minor or
Unidentified Character?)
Continue READING Maisie Dobbs
SUBMIT: A summary and interpretation plus discussion of Point of View in Faulkner's
A Rose for Emily
February 27
Class Lecture & Discussion: Open
READ for this week
Online:
o The Narrator
o Types of Narrators
READ for Next Class Meeting: Young Goodman Brown (Pg )
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A summary and interpretation
plus a discussion of Point of View in Updike's A & P (pg. 383).
WEEK 7: LANGUAGE [Young Goodman Brown]
March 4
Class Lecture & Discussion: Metaphors, Similes, Symbolism, Iront, Dialogue,
Syntax
SUBMIT: A summary and interpretation plus a discussion of Point of View in
Updike's A & P.
Continue READING Maisie Dobbs
March 6
Class Lecture & Discussion: What Language Devices are Used and
Why["Young Goodman Brown"]
READ for this week
In the Text:
 Symbolism (pg. 360 - 362)
 Simile (Pg. 495)
 Irony (Pg. 434 - 435)
Online
 Language
 It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A Summary and
Interpretation plus a discussion of the Language in Young Goodman Brown [Page
624]
SPRING BREAK: March 12 - 14
WEEK 8: THE FINAL ANALYSIS
March 18
Class Lecture & Discussion:
SUBMIT: A Summary and Interpretation plus a discussion of the Language in
Young Goodman Brown [Page 624]
Continue READING Maisie Dobbs
March 20
Class Lecture & Discussion: Putting it All Together
READ for this week
In the Text:
 Appendix A: Writing About Literature: An Overview of Critical Strategies
(Pg 1347 - 1360)
Online
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Close Reading a Text and Avoiding Pitfalls
FINISH READING for Next Class Meeting: Maisie Dobbs
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A comprehensive paper
analysing all elements of a story that was not discussed in class, selected from this
list of stories
WEEK 9: THE NOVEL [Maisie Dobbs]
March 25
Class Lecture & Discussion: Film - Oh What A Lovely War
SUBMIT: A comprehensive paper analysing all elements of a story, that was not
discussed in class, from this list of stories
March 27
Class Lecture & Discussion: The Novel
READ for this week
Online
 Reviews of Maisie Dobbs
 How to Analyze A Novel
 Literary Analysis of A Novel
 How to Write A Novel Analysis
READ for Next Class Meeting: Trifles by Susan Glaspell (Pg 1336)
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A paper analysing and critiquing
Maisie Dobbs
WEEK 10:THE PLAY [Trifles]
April 1
Class Lecture & Discussion: The Play's the Thing
SUBMIT: A paper analysing and critiquing Maisie Dobbs
April 3
Class Lecture & Discussion: Dramatic Components and Devices
READ
In the Text: Reading and Writing About Plays (Pg 434 - 440)
Online
 Screenplay for The Forty Year Old Virgin
or
 Screenplay for Mel Brooks The Producers
or
 Pilot Episode Teleplay for Scrubs
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: An analysis of the
Elements in Trifles
WEEK 11: FILM [Lonely Are the Brave]
April 8
Class Lecture & Discussion: Film - Lonely Are the Brave
SUBMIT: An analysis of the Elements in Trifles
April 10
READ for Next Class Meeting: Thinking About A Filmed Version of A Play
(Pg 448)
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: An analysis and review of
a Film Script selected from this list of screenplays
WEEK 12: POETRY: Part I
April 15
Class Lecture & Discussion:
SUBMIT: An analysis and review of a Film Script selected from this list of
screenplays
April 17
Class Lecture & Discussion: "A poem should not mean, but be"
READ
In the Text: Chapter 16: Reading and Writing About Poems
Elements of Poetry (Pg 488 - 502)
Online: Writing About Poetry
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: An analysis of a Poem
from the text that has not been discussed in class
WEEK 13: POETRY: Part II
April 22
Class Lecture & Discussion: Modern Poets (Robert Frost, e.e.cummings, Allen
Ginsberg, Nikki Giovanni, Philip Levine, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, 50 Cent)
SUBMIT: An analysis of a Poem from the text that has not been discussed in
class
April 24
Class Lecture & Discussion: Open
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: A comparison of two
poems that share a common theme
WEEK 14: TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET
April 29
Class Lecture & Discussion: Where Literature is Headed (The Impact of
Elctronic Media)
SUBMIT: A comparison of two poems that share a common theme
May 1
Class Lecture & Discussion: Open
READ (Text):
 "It's Hard Enough Being Me" (Anna Lisa Raya)
 "Two Kinds" (Amy Tan)
 "Ellis Island" (Joseph Bruchac III)
 "So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans" (Jimmy Santiago Baca)
READ (Online)
 Rita Dove on the Future of Literature
PREPARE for submittal at the Next Class Meeting: An analysis and review of
a Television Drama or Situation Comedy
WEEK 15: TYING UP THE LOOSE ENDS
May 6
Class Lecture & Discussion: Wrap Up (Rap Up?)
SUBMIT: An analysis and review of a Television Drama or Situation Comedy
May 8
Class Lecture & Discussion: Open
+ LIST OF STORIES
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ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND WHITE by Dorothy Parker
CARLYLE TRIES POLYGAMY by William Melvin Kelley
HAIRCUT by Ring Lardner
HEY, JOE by Ben Neihart
I'M A FOOL by Sherwood Anderson
INFLEXIBLE LOGIC by Russell Maloney
JEALOUS HUSBAND RETURNS IN FORM OF PARROT by Robert Olen Butler
OFFLOADING FOR MRS. SCHWARTZ by George Saunders
PAUL'S CASE by Willa Cather
RIDING THE RAP by Elmore Leonard
SOLDIER'S HOME by Ernest Hemingway
SON IN THE AFTERNOON by John A. Williams
THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY by Stephen Crane
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe
THE GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER DRESSES by Irwin Shaw
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME by Richard Connell
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY by James Thurber
THE STAR by Arthur C. Clarke
THE STORM by McNight Malmar
THE STORY OF AN HOUR by Kate Chopin
TEN MILES WEST OF VENUS by Judy Troy
* LIST OF SCREENPLAYS
AIRPLANE by Jim Abrahams and Jerry and David Zucker with
THE FORTY YEAR OLD VIRGIN by Judd Apatow and Steve Carell
SPANGLISH by James L. Brooks
STARMAN Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon with Dean Riesner
GHOST by Bruce Joel Rubin
DR. STRANGELOVE by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George
48 HOURS by Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross and Steven E. De Souza
ANNIE HALL by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
THE BIG LEBOWSKI by Ethan and Joel Coen