ENGL 310, Section C: Introduction to Literary Studies (for Majors)
Spring 2004; TU, 1:05-2:20 p.m.
Course Description: This writing-intensive course provides practice in critical interpretation and serves as an introduction to literary criticism for English majors and minors. As we read and discuss a selection of novels, plays, poems, and essays, we will consider the relationship between art and life, between story and history, between the image and the word.
Requirements and General Expectations:
Preparation for Class | In Class | ||||||||||||||
January | U 22 |
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Course Introduction | ||||||||||||
Playing with Words: Literature of Childhood
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U 29 | Tatar, &1xbet online games login ;Introduction&1xbet online games login ; to The Classic Fairy Tales, &1xbet online games login ;Introduction: Little Red Riding Hood,&1xbet online games login ; and all &1xbet online games login ;Little Red Riding Hood&1xbet online games login ; tales; Johnson, &1xbet online games login ;Menagerie, A Child's Fable&1xbet online games login ; [CP] | Discuss Tatar and &1xbet online games login ;Little Red Riding Hood&1xbet online games login ; tales; discuss Johnson. | |||||||||||||
February | T 3 |
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U 5 | Clements, Frindle |
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U 12 | Prepare draft of Paper #1; bring two copies to class. | Workshop for Paper #1 | |||||||||||||
M 16 |
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Growing Up
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Marvell, &1xbet online games login ;To His Coy Mistress&1xbet online games login ; (548-550); Jong, &1xbet online games login ;After the Earthquake&1xbet online games login ; [CP]; Olds, &1xbet online games login ;Sex Without Love&1xbet online games login ; (559); Atwood, &1xbet online games login ;You Fit into Me&1xbet online games login ; (591); Atwood, &1xbet online games login ;Variations on the Word Love&1xbet online games login ; [CP] |
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T 16 | Critical Perspectives on A Doll House: Ibsen, &1xbet online games login ;Notes for A Doll House&1xbet online games login ; (1179-1180); &1xbet online games login ;A Nineteenth-Century Husband's Letter to His Wife&1xbet online games login ; (1182-1184); Witham and Lutterbie, &1xbet online games login ;A Marxist Approach to A Doll House&1xbet online games login ; (1184-1186); and Templeton, &1xbet online games login ;Is A Doll House a Feminist Text?&1xbet online games login ; (1188-1190) | Discuss Ibsen and critical commentaries on A Doll House. | |||||||||||||
U 18 | Prepare outline for in-class midterm essay. | Write Midterm Essay Exam in class. | |||||||||||||
19-26 | Spring Break | ||||||||||||||
History into Story, Life into Art
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T 30 | &1xbet online games login ;Voices from World War I&1xbet online games login ; [CP]; Brooke, &1xbet online games login ;The Soldier&1xbet online games login ; [CP]; Sassoon, &1xbet online games login ;They,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;The Rear Guard,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;The General,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;Glory of Women,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;On Passing the New Menin Gate&1xbet online games login ;[CP]; Owen, &1xbet online games login ;Anthem for Doomed Youth&1xbet online games login ; [CP] and &1xbet online games login ;Dulce et Decorum Est&1xbet online games login ; (580-1) | Discuss World War I poetry.
Introduce assignment for the short research project: a critical context essay on Barker's Regeneration. |
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April | U 1 |
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Discuss Barker. | ||||||||||||
T 6 | Barker, Regeneration (149-252)
Make a list of your three preferred topics for short research project and bring it to class for approval. |
Discuss Barker. 1xbet o.
Assign topics for critical context essay. |
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U 8 | Selected reviews of Regeneration.
Begin research for critical context essay. |
Discuss selected reviews of Regeneration.
Review research strategies. |
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T 13 | Continue research for critical context essay. | In class research for critical context essay. Review format for MLA citation. | |||||||||||||
American Dreams
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U 15 | Sandburg, &1xbet online games login ;Chicago&1xbet online games login ; [CP]; Hughes, &1xbet online games login ;Harlem&1xbet online games login ; (820); Levine, &1xbet online games login ;What Work Is&1xbet online games login ; [CP]
Continue research for critical context essay and begin drafting essay. Review examples of completed essays at &1xbet online games login ;Pat Barker's Regeneration: Critical Contexts.&1xbet online games login ; |
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T 20 | Prepare draft of critical context and &1xbet online games login ;Works Cited,&1xbet online games login ; and bring two copies to class. Information on formatting your in-text citations and &1xbet online games login ;Works Cited&1xbet online games login ; in MLA format. | Workshop for critical context essay and &1xbet online games login ;Works Cited.&1xbet online games login ; | |||||||||||||
U 22 | Prepare revised draft, and meet with assigned partner to review revisions. | No class -- review revised drafts in assigned pairs. | |||||||||||||
M 26 | Hard copy of critical context and bibliography due to the box outside my office (ECS 106) by 5 p.m. |
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T 27 | Wilder, Skin of Our Teeth and &1xbet online games login ;Preface&1xbet online games login ; | Discuss Wilder. | |||||||||||||
U 29 | Review Skin of Our Teeth | Discuss Wilder. | |||||||||||||
Selected online resources for The Skin of Our Teeth:
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May | T 4 | Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire | Discuss Williams. | ||||||||||||
U 6 | Review A Streetcar Named Desire. | Discuss Williams. | |||||||||||||
Selected online resources for A Streetcar Named Desire:
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T 11 | Hughes, &1xbet online games login ;Theme for English B&1xbet online games login ; (830-831); Atwood, &1xbet online games login ;Spelling&1xbet online games login ; [CP] | Discuss Hughes and Atwood. | |||||||||||||
U 13 | Review class notes, quizzes/responses, papers, mid-term in preparation for review session. Bring questions to class. | Review for final exam. | |||||||||||||
M 17 | Final Exam (ID, Short Answer, Essay) 2-3:50 p.m. | ||||||||||||||
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