Course intro.
Before Class
Preliminary questions: Power Point.
Before Class
Read all of Foxfire. If you get a chance, also take a look at this forum on Oates.
In Class
Review course aims, requirements. Initial "notions" about novel.
Before Class
Gangs meet for "cyber class" and produce reports.
Get yourself a good notebook which will function as your Book of Notions.
No cyber work for week of Feb. 1.
In Class
Intensive discussion of Foxfire. Gangs report.
Before Class
Read Lewis, The Unbeliever: all poems, pp. 1-59 (plus epigram).
In Class
Presentation on Feminist Criticism.
Finish work with Foxfire and possibly begin Lewis.
Before Class
Read all of Lewis's Silent Treatment (on library reserve).
Review The Unbeliever.
As always, for full cyber week instructions, go into Bb, Cyber Class Weekly Intructions.
In Class
Discuss additional Lewis poems. Discuss your imitations and basic elements of poetry.
Before Class
Read Williams, Breaking and Entering: pp. 1-278 (aprx. 40-50 pp. per day). Everyone will select a motif and note its occurrances.
In Class
Finish Lewis, begin Williams. Postmodern and Existential lenses. Novel worksheet.
Instructor sick.
No class.
Before Class
Prepare Book of Notions for evaluation check: provide any needed headers, dates, clarifications. Re-write/print any segments that might be difficult to read.
Revise Personal Thread entries as-needed for neatness, development, etc.
Complete group worksheet.
In Class
Book of Notions due for point check. CLICK HERE FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS. (If your Book is electronic, post it in Bb/Multi-Purpose Board/Book of Notions. If your Book is hardcopy, turn it in during class time.)
Personal Thread check.
Continue work with Williams. Feminist reading, drawing on Feminist Criticism PPT.
Report on motifs.
Bring your copy of Housekeeping (if any) for sell-back.
Before Class
Howe, The Wedding Dress:
"Introduction," pp. ix-xxvi.
"Bewilderment," pp. 5-23.
"Immanence," pp. 39-60.
"White Lines," pp. 61-72.
"The Contemporary Logos," pp. 73-81
"Catholic," pp. 107-122.
In Class
Take stock of possible essay ideas: on-board mapping.
Tips on note-taking for final exam.
Discuss Howe.
Spring
Break
Before Class
Howe, One Crossed Out: read all poems, pp. 3-63.
And click here for a bit of heady theorizing about écriture féminine. This may help you think about your journal writing and your open projects.
In Class
Discuss Howe.
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Before Class
Proulx, Close Range: read all stories, pp. 15-285.
nSpecial attention to:“The Half-Skinned Steer"
“The Mud Below"
“The Bunchgrass Edge of the World"
“The Blood Bay"
“Brokeback Mountain.”
Before Class
Bishop, Geography III: read all poems, pp. 1-50 (plus epigram).
Read also poems at this link.
Before Class
List questions in your Book of Notions: what, regarding any work we've read, are you still wondering about? What do you find confusing? What further information would you like? What would you ask these writers, if you could?
In Class
Finish discussion of readings.
General review.
Comprehensive Exam assignment.
Essay assignment.
Before Class
Complete exam and write draft of essay.
In Class
Draft of essay due. Bring 1 hardcopy to class, and post 1 electronic copy in Bb.
Completed exam due at 12:30 sharp. Bring hardcopy, stapled, your name on each page. No late exams accepted without documented evidence of serious hardship.
Completed Book of Notions due.
Instructor feedback on drafts will be provided electronically throughout the week and on the 2nd.
Bring additional, updated draft of essay.
Course evaluations.
Completed essays due no later than 11:59 pm.
Submit electronically in Bb Multi-Purpose Board ("Completed Essays" Forum).
