Intro To Lit Course Schedule (with Due Dates)TuesdayThursday

January 14Introductions, QuestionnaireJanuary 16Plot (p. 79-82)"The Black Cat" (Poe, p. 255-260)"Writing a Close Reading of a Prose Passage" (p. 98-103)Model Close Reading (p. 104-107)

January 21 (G1.1)Plot (p. 79-82) and Setting (p. 89-91)"The Lady and the Dog" (Chekhov, p. 215-224)Model Close Reading (p. 107-110)January 23 (G2.1)Setting (p. 89-91) and Point of View (p. 84-89)"The Storm" (Chopin, p. 224-227)Model Close Reading (p. 110-113)Novel Reading Groups

January 28 (G3.1)Point of View (p. 84-89) and Theme (p. 97)"Young Goodman Brown" (Hawthorne, p. 233-240)January 30 (G4.1)Style (p. 91-96)"A & P" (Updike, p. 273-278)Novel Reading Group 1

February 4 (G1.2)Style (p. 91-96) and Characterization (p. 82-84)"A Pair of Tickets" (Tan, p. 263-273)February 6 (G2.2)Characterization (p. 82-84)"The Boarding House" (Joyce, p. 243-246)Novel Reading Group 2

February 11 (G3.2)"A Good Man is Hard to Find" (O'Connor, handout)February 13 (G4.2)"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (Thurber, handout)Novel Reading Group 3

February 18 (G1.3)"The Lottery" (Jackson, handout)February 20 (G2.3)Novel Reading Group 4"A Jury of Her Peers" (Glaspell, handout)

February 25Begin Drama UnitFebruary 27Novel Reading Group 5

March 4March 6Midterm Exam

March 18March 20Novel Reading Group (Movie Discussion)

March 25March 27

April 1Begin Poetry UnitApril 3

April 8April 10

April 15April 17Long Papers Due

April 22April 24

April 29May 1

The Final Exam is the week of May 5th.