Michelle Hardy

English 102H Syllabus

*Readings are to be done before the due date.

*Syllabus is subject to change based on the pace and needs of the class.

Th 1/24 Icebreaking

Tu 1/29 JR #1 due

Discussion of literature "definitions," experimental literature, and

handouts ("All About Suicide" and assigned poems)

Th 1/31 "My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O'Connor (p. 75)

JR #2 due

Tu 2/5 "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin (p. 103)

JR #3 due

Today's session as well as Th 2/7 will be focused on historical

context of story, Harlem, Baldwin, jazz, Charlie "Bird" Parker,

the drug/jazz culture, as well as the relationship between brothers.

Th 2/7 Continue discussion of "Sonny's Blues"

Tu 2/12 "Miles City, Montana" by Alice Munro (p. 139)

JR #4 due

Th 2/14 "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver (p. 1038)

Tu 2/19 Poetry: focus on themes of family/identity: "Nikki-Rosa" p. 187,

"My Father is a Simple Man" p. 182, "Daddy" p. 180, "A Prayer

for my Daughter" p. 173

Th 2/21 Rough draft Essay 1 due / Peer review session

Tu 2/26 Essay 1 due

Kate Chopin session: "Desiree's Baby" p. 314 and "The Story of an

Hour" p. 318

Th 2/28 "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway (p. 344)

Tu 3/5 "Girl" by Jamaica Kinkaid (p. 362)

JR #5 due/in-class sharing

Th 3/7 "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason (p. 364)

Tu 3/12 Group poetry activity

Th 3/14 Group poetry activity

**NOTE: Groups will prepare activity outside of class prior to 3/12. This exercise will

act as JR #6. Details will be given prior to 3/12 as well. Possible poets to be explored are Sharon Olds, Langston Hughes, Michael Weaver, and Janice Mirikitani.

Tu 3/19 "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates

(p. 577)

JR #7 due

Th 3/21--3/31 SPRING BREAK!

Tu 4/2 Midterm Exercise due (midterm will be focused on T.C. Boyle's

"Greasy Lake" which will be distributed)

Discuss "Greasy Lake" and midterm analyses

Th 4/4 Rough draft Essay 2 due

(if more discussion is needed for "Greasy Lake," we will devote the

beginning of our session to this and the latter to the peer review)

Tu 4/9 Essay 2 due

Begin Drama session with in-class readings from Fences by

August Wilson

Th 4/11 Fences

*Assign casts for scene work

Tu 4/16 Fences / JR #8 due

*Casts rehearse with props and costumes

Th 4/18 Fences scene presentations

OTHELLO

Readings and scene work for Othello will be announced

Tu 4/23 Othello

Th 4/25 Othello

(note: last day to withdraw from a class with a "W")

Tu 4/30 Othello / JR #9 due

Th 5/2 Othello

Tu 5/7 Othello / JR #10 due

Th 5/9 Last class

NOTE: Drama research paper is due on Tu 5/14 and final exercise is due on Th 5/16.

You may submit these to me personally in my office or submit in my mailbox with

work signed in with date and time by one of the English office personnel. And, yes,

of course, you may submit prior to these dates. Manage your time wisely!