Schedule of Readings and Assignments

Unit I Poetry/Close Reading

Week 1

Wed., Aug. 28

In-class Activities:​ Introductions (Recipe), Syllabus, ​“Poetry”​ & “exploding the poem” exercise Due NEXT class:​ Read “​Literature and Environment​” (link); Read Eco Poems

Week 2

Mon., Sep. 2 – NO CLASS (College closed)
Wed., Sep. 4
In-class Activities:​ Group work on “Literature and Environment” with poems Due NEXT class:​ Read Sonnets, Read “Writing about Poems,”

Thurs., Sept. 5 (Monday Schedule)

In-class Activities:​ Discussion of Sonnets, blackout poem exercise Due NEXT class: ​Read Romantic Poetry I (odes), Write Blog Post 1

Week 3
Mon., Sep. 9 – ​Blog Post 1 due
In-class Activities:​ Discussion of Romantic Poetry I Due NEXT class:​ Read Romantic Poetry II

Wed., Sep. 11
In-class Activities:​ Discussion of Romantic Poetry II Due NEXT class:​ Read 19th c. American poetry

Week 4
Mon., Sep. 16
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of 19th c. American poetry, envelope poems exercise Due NEXT class: ​Read Modernist poetry, Write Blog Post 2

Wed., Sep. 18 – ​ Blog Post 2 due
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of Modernist poetry Due NEXT class: ​Read Contemporary poetry I

Week 5
Mon., Sep. 23
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of Contemporary poetry I, Writing Essay 1, Avoiding plagiarism Due NEXT class: ​Read Contemporary poetry II

Wed., Sep. 25
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of Contemporary poetry II, poetry bingo Due NEXT class: ​Rough Draft of Essay 1 and Peer Review (Online)

Week 6

Unit II: Drama/Critical Conversation

Mon., Sep. 30 (NO CLASS)

Wed., Oct. 2 – Rough draft of Essay 1 and Peer Review
In-class Activities: ​Peer Review

NEXT class: ​Revise Essay 1, Read ​The Tempest​ Act I

Week 7

Mon., Oct. 7 In-class Activities:​ Intro. to Drama and Essay 2, Discussion of ​The Tempest​ Act I
Due NEXT class: ​Finish revising Essay 1

Wed., Oct. 9 ​(NO CLASS) – Essay 1 due (by midnight by email)

Due NEXT class: Finish ​The Tempest​ and Blog Post 3 by Weds. 10/16,

Week 8
Mon., Oct. 14 (NO CLASS)
Wed., Oct. 16 (Monday Schedule) ​- Blog Post 3 due
In-class Activities:​ Discussion of ​The Tempest,​ Reading and summarizing literary criticism Due NEXT class: ​Read 1 Critical Article on ​The Tempest a​ nd write a source summary

Week 9
Mon., Oct. 21 – ​Source Summary due
In-class Activities:​ Discussion of ​The Tempest,​ Critical Articles, Source Summaries
Due NEXT class: ​Read another critical article on ​The Tempest;​ Read “Writing about Drama”

Wed., Oct. 23
In-class Activities:​ Discussion of ​The Tempest​ and Critical Articles, Writing Essay 2 Due NEXT class: ​Rough Draft of Essay 2 and Peer Review (online)

Unit. III Narrative/Research

Week 10
Mon., Oct. 28
In-class Activities:​ Discussion of online peer review, Staging​ the Tempest w​ith excerpts from ​Hag-Seed (novel, Margaret Atwood, 2016)
Due NEXT class: ​Revise Essay 2, Read “​Young Goodman Brown​” (Hawthorne)

Wed., Oct. 30
In-class Activities: ​Intro. to Narrative and the Short Story, Overview of Essay 3, Discussion of “Young Goodman Brown,” Close reading narrative
Due NEXT class: ​Revise Essay 2, Read “To Build A Fire” (London)

Week 11

Mon., Nov. 4 – Essay 2 due

In-class Activities:​ Discussion of “To Build A Fire,” How to do literary research (library) Due NEXT class: ​Read “A White Heron” (Jewett)

Wed., Nov. 6
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of “A White Heron”
Due NEXT class: ​Read Indigenous short story, Read “Writing about Stories”

Week 12
Mon., Nov. 11
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of Indigenous short story (Guest Speaker) Due NEXT class: ​Read Sci-fi short story, Write Blog Post 4

Wed., Nov. 13 – ​Blog Post 4 due
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of Sci-Fi short story
Due NEXT class:​ Start ​Frankenstein​ (get through at least Vol. I)

Week 13
Mon., Nov. 18
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of ​Frankenstein ​Vol. I Due NEXT class: ​Read ​Frankenstein (​ Vol. II)

Wed., Nov. 20
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of ​Frankenstein
Due NEXT class: ​Finish ​Frankenstein (​ Vol. III), Write Blog Post 5

Week 14
Mon., Nov. 25 – ​Blog Post 5 due
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of ​Frankenstein, ​Shelley-Godwin archive (NYPL)
Due NEXT class:​ Find, read and annotate a critical article on one of the short stories or the novel

Wed., Nov. 27 -​ Annotated article due
In-class Activities: ​Discussion of critical articles and Essay 3 Due NEXT class: ​Research proposal

Week 15 – ​Research proposals due in individual conferences Mon., Dec. 2 Individual conferences
Wed., Dec. 4 Individual conferences

Week 16

Mon., Dec. 9 Essay 3 Rough Drafts due (in class peer review)

Wed., Dec. 11 LAST CLASS (extra credit presentations)
Weds. Dec. 18 Essay 3 due ​(in place of final exam), Grades due Dec. 27