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Spring 2014 Schedule of Readings

This schedule outlines the reading assignments, major projects, exams, and presentations for an English literature course over the spring semester. It includes authors such as Twain, Dunbar, Chopin, Gilman, Hurston, Wright, Faulkner, Hughes, and Walker. The schedule provides the reading assignments and due dates for each week, including introductions to works and authors. It also lists the due dates for projects like timelines, research papers, and group presentations throughout the semester. Quizzes will be unannounced.

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Spring 2014 Schedule of Readings

This schedule outlines the reading assignments, major projects, exams, and presentations for an English literature course over the spring semester. It includes authors such as Twain, Dunbar, Chopin, Gilman, Hurston, Wright, Faulkner, Hughes, and Walker. The schedule provides the reading assignments and due dates for each week, including introductions to works and authors. It also lists the due dates for projects like timelines, research papers, and group presentations throughout the semester. Quizzes will be unannounced.

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Schedule of Readings and Assignments ENGL 2328 Spring, 2014 Reading assignments are due by the time you

u come to class on the day they are listed below. Always read the introductions to the authors / works found in your text. You will find valuable information in them and I often take quiz questions from them, too! Daily (homework) assignments are not included in this schedule. Remember, quizzes are not announced ahead of time! Week / Date 20 Jan. 27 Jan. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (chapters 1 24) Twain film Huckleberry Finn discussion Monday Writing Sample (in-class) Introduction of Major Projects Wednesday Class Intro Realism Davis: Life in the Iron Mills (pg. 1219) Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (chapters 25 end) Twain: Discuss Twain film and Huckleberry Finn Charles Waddell Chesnutt: The Goophered Grapevine and The Wife of His Youth (pg. 1641) Paul Laurence Dunbar: all selections (begin pg. 1805)

17 Feb.

24 Feb.

3 Mar.

10 Mar. 17 Mar.

Topics for timelines approved by 2:00 p.m. Local color and women writers Kate Chopin: The Awakening (read complete book by Edith Wharton: The Other Two and Roman Fever (1682) today!) Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: A New England Nun (1621) Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wall-Paper (1668) Research paper topic must be approved by 2:00 pm Kate Chopin: At the Cadian Ball, and The Storm (1604 - 1605 and 1611 (by email) 1621) Modernism: Carl Sandburg: all selections (begin pg. 1947) Robert Frost: all selections (begin pg. 1911) Modernism film Spring Break no classes this week! Individual timeline presentations Individual timeline presentations Timelines due by 2:00 p.m. The Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God (read complete book by today!)

24 Mar.

*** Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God Midterm Exam due by 2:00 today

31 March

Richard Wright: Native Son (read complete book by today!)

7 April

The Southern Renaissance William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily (begin pg. 2178) Film: Writings of William Faulkner, C-SPAN / American Writers Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire Film Contemporary Writers: Alice Walker: Everyday Use (2714) Julia Alvarez: selections from Yo! (2753) Group Presentations Group Presentations

Richard Wright: Native Son Langston Hughes: all selections (begin pg. 2221) Research paper thesis statements due by 2:00 pm Eudora Welty: Why I Live at the PO Flannery OConnor: Everything that Rises Must Converge (posted in eCampus) Confessional Poets: Ginsberg: Howl (2538) Plath: Lady Lazarus and Daddy (2600) Group Presentations

14 April

21 April

28 April 5 May 12 May

Group Presentations Group Presentations Research Papers due by 2:00 p.m.

Final exam week class meeting TBA

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