Dr. Heather Hill-Vásquez, Department of English, University of Detroit Mercy

 

ENL 235 COURSE SCHEDULE
Winter Semester 2007

Please note that we will not always have sufficient class time to discuss in depth all of the assigned readings. Nevertheless, you are responsible for all readings listed on the Course Schedule and quizzes, essays, the final exam, and other required work for the course will draw upon any and all readings--even those we do not cover in class.

Course Handouts (CH) earlier will be distributed well in advance of their due dates.

Unless otherwise indicated, all readings are from 40 Short Stories.
CH = Course Handout
TKM = To Kill a Mockingbird

 

WEEK 1
T 1/9

Course Introduction

Go over: Syllabus & Course Schedule Packet; Student Information Survey; Grading Rubric

Th 1/11

Due: Jewett, “A White Heron” (CH)

Due: Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown,” 1-13

Discuss Plot

Go over: Essays: General Guidelines; Sample Essay; Group Presentation and Responses to Group Presentation Questions

Sign up for Group Presentations


WEEK 2
T 1/16

Due: Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart ” ( CH )

Due: Cather, “Paul’s Case ” ( 121-39 )

Due: Psychological Criticism (CH)

Discuss Characterization

Quiz 1

Group Presentation Schedule distributed

Th 1/18

Due: Updike, “A & P ” ( 378-84 )

Due: Joyce, “Araby ” ( 140-45 )

Due: Group Presentation 1 on "Araby"

Go over: Midterm Essay Topics


WEEK 3
T 1/23

Due: Lawr ence, “The Rocking-Horse Winner ” ( CH )

Due: Sociological Criticism (CH)

Discuss Point of View

Quiz 2

Th 1/25

Due: Fitzgerald, “ Babylon Revisited ” ( CH )

Due: Wolff, “Powder” (CH)

Due: Biographical Criticism (CH)

Discuss Setting

Due: Group Presentation 2 on " Babylon Revisited"


WEEK 4
T 1/30

Due: Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ” ( 403-18 )

Due : Munro, “How I Met My Husband ” ( 361-77 )

Quiz 3

Th 2/1

Due: Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues ” ( 304-333 )

Due: Group Presentation 3 on " Sonny's Blues "


WEEK 5
T 2/6

Due: Hemmingway, “Indian Camp” (CH)

Due: Wright , “The Man Who Was Almost a Man ” ( CH )

Discuss Theme

Due: Group Presentation 4 on "The Man Who Was Almost a Man”

Th 2/8

Du e: Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily ” ( CH )

Due: Reader Response Criticism (CH)

Discuss Symbolism



WEEK 6
T 2/13

Due: Walker, “Everyday Use ” ( 427-35 )

Due: Tan, "Two Kinds" (468-78)

Due: Group Presentation 5 on "Two Kinds"

Th 2/15

Due: Kincaid, “Girl,” (453-54)

Due: Bambara, "The Lesson" (419-26)

Quiz 4

Review of MLA citation format


WEEK 7
T 2/20

Midterm Essays Due at Beginning of Class

(essays turned in later will lose 5 points per day)

Th 2/22

Due: "A Company of Laughing Faces" (CH)

Group Presentation 6 on "A Company of Laughing Faces"

 


WEEK 8
T 2/27

Due: Appachana, “The Prophecy ” (CH)

Due: Feminist / Gender Criticism (CH)

Quiz 5

 

Th 3/1

Due: Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing" (277-84)

Due: Group Presentation 7 on “I Stand Here Ironing”


WEEK 9
T 3/13

Due: TKM (TBA)

Quiz 6

Th 3/15

Due: TKM (TBA)

Quiz 7

Go over and sign up for Individual Presentations


WEEK 10
T 3/20

Due: TKM (TBA)

Go over Assignments and Due Dates for Responses to Individual Presentations

Th 3/22

Due: TKM (TBA)

Quiz 8


WEEK 11
T 3/27

Individual Presentations - Final Essays

Th 3/29

Individual Presentations - Final Essays


WEEK 12
T 4/3

Individual Presentations - Final Essays

Th 4/5

Individual Presentations - Final Essays


WEEK 13
T 4/10

Individual Presentations - Final Essays

Th 4/12

Individual Presentations - Final Essays


WEEK 14
T 4/17

Individual Presentations - Final Essays

 

Th 4/19

Final Essay Due at Beginning of Class

(essays turned in later will lose 5 points per day;

any essay turned in after T 4/24 at 11:00 a.m. will receive a "0")


WEEK 15 - Finals Week
T 4/24

11-12:50 p.m. Essay Exam on TKM

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