Monday, April 18, 2011

Syllabus and Text

This is the ONLY text that will be accepted for this class!!!
*Exploring Literature: Writing And Arguing About Fiction, Poetry, Drama, And The 
  Essay 4TH  Edition by Frank Madden

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5/2 M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means to be American?  GET TEXT!!!, Read Half and Half  (Handout)
5/3 T Half and Half  (Handout)
5/4 W The Namesake (Film)
5/5 R The Namesake (Film), Read Sonny’s Blues (210)
5/9 M Sonny’s Blues (210), Read The Red Convertible (231)
5/10 T The Red Convertible (231), ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY
 5/11 W Film: To Kill a Mockingbird
5/12 R Film: To Kill a Mockingbird, Read The Yellow Wallpaper (721)
5/16M  The Yellow Wallpaper (721), Read “If Shakespeare Had A Sister” (849)
5/17 T If Shakespeare Had A Sister (849)
5/18 W Film: The Hours
5/19 R Film The Hours, FIRST ESSAY DUE, Read The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World (968)
5/23 M The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World (968), Read The Temp (Handout)
5/24 T The Temp (Handout), ASSIGN
5/25 W Film: Edward Scissorhands
5/26 R Film: Edward Scissorhands
5/30 M *****NO CLASS ***** Read The Allegory of the Cave (1275)
5/31 T  The Allegory of the Cave (1275)
6/1 W Truman Show (Film)
 6/2 R Truman Show (Film), Read Cathedral (1151), SECOND ESSAY DUE
6/6M Cathedral (1151), Read Reunion (244)
6/7 T Reunion (244)
6/8 W Film: The Royal Tenenbaums
6/9 R Film: The Royal Tenenbaums
6/14 M Discussion of In Class Essay (Topics Distributed)
6/15 T IN CLASS ESSAY
6/16 W
6/17 R LAST DAY OF CLASS

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