Mary Stevenson
EGL 102
Fall 2003
Assignments
The readings are from Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, the compact fifth edition by Kirszner and Mandell.
8/26 Names, information. Introductions
Homework: read 1-14, Chopin 81–83.
8/28 Review Writing Process. Diagnostic writing.
Homework: read 15-19, Updike 114-119, Baxter 125-137
Week Two SHORT STORY SECTION
NOTE: Unannounced quizzes on readings start this week
9/2 Reading literature. Updike, Baxter
Homework: read 43-45, 51-53, Walker 310-316
9/4 Active reading. Walker
Homework: read Gilman 161-3, plot 77-80, character 111-114
Note: 9/7-9/21 The Trial of One Angry Black Woman, free play on campus, good subject for the bonus report
Week Three
9/9 Handout on paper: character. See film Yellow Wallpaper, plot, character
Homework: read 19-33, 146-150, Tan 527-35
9/11 Writing about literature, setting, Tan
Homework: read 195-204, Porter 516-22, 1541-1553, 1561-67, write draft
Week Four
9/16 Due: rough draft character. Bring grammar
handbook to class. Revision, MLA documentation. Point of view. Porter. See film
Jilting of Granny Weatherall.
Homework: revise, edit, proofread essay. Read 245-151, Ellison 175-185
9/18 Due essay character. Ellison, style, language, tone
Homework: read 286-291, Oates 386-400, Jackson 303-09
Week Five
9/23 Symbol, allegory. Oates, Jackson. See film The Lottery.
Homework: read 331-335, Tyler 535-543, Welty 361-67, 1554-1560
9/25 Theme, Tyler, Welty. Handout on theme essay.
Homework: read 426-432, O’Brien 271-84, Achebe 433-35
Week Six
9/30 Example of student work. O’Brien, Achebe
Homework: write rough draft of theme paper
10/2 Due rough draft of essay. Sentence level editing
Homework: revise, edit, proof essay. Read 545-554, Moore 547, Giovanni 548, Shakespeare 551, cummings 552
Week Seven POETRY
10/7 Due essay on theme. Introduction to poetry
Homework: read 578-599, Rich 555, Clifton 560, Hayden 579, Heaney 580, 581-598
10/9 Reading/writing about poetry
Homework: read 599-634, Dickinson 600, Hughes 604, Frost 611, Auden 626, Randall 628
Week Eight
10/14 Handout on poetry worksheets, poetry report. Voice
Homework: read 636-659, Whitman 639, Rich 643, cummings 644, Housman 657; select poem title
10/16 Selection of titles for poetry worksheets/report. Word choice, word order
Homework: read Pound 666, Berger 667, Frost 673, Owen 674
Week Nine
10/21 Library introduction, work
Homework: read 678-705, Shakespeare 679, Burns 683, Piercy 686, Plath 691
10/23 Imagery, figures of speech
Homework: read 707-729, 733-765,
Week Ten
10/28 Work in the English lab, sound, form
Homework: read 768-790, Simmerman 770, Rich 775, Erdrich 783, Eliot 788-90
10/30 Symbol, allegory, allusion, myth
Homework: complete poetry worksheets. Read 958-960, Glaspell 983-95.
Week Eleven DRAMA SECTION
11/4 Due poetry worksheets. Reading drama, Glaspell, Trifles
Homework: read 978-982, Ibsen 995-1033, explication 1521-1528
11/6 Ibsen, A Doll House
Homework: read 1051-1062, Ibsen 1033-1050
Week Twelve
11/11 Due poetry report. Ibsen, A Doll House, handout on titles of poems
Homework: read classmates’ poems, see handout, Miller 1178-1211
11/13 Oral reports on poems.
Homework: read 1252-1257, Miller 1211-1250
Week Thirteen
11/18 Handout on drama paper/review. Miller, Death of a Salesman
Homework: read 960-977, Wilson 1358-90
11/20 Questions
about Our Town, Wilson, Fences
Homework: read 1315-1319, 1529-1533, Wilson 1390-1412
11/21 Last day to withdraw
Note: Our Town in the Hallam theater
11/21-11/23, copy of the play on reserve
Week Fourteen
11/25 Due rough draft drama paper. Wilson
Homework: revise and edit drama paper. Read Williams 1418-1443, 1468-69, 1479-1482, 1487-1488
11/27 – 11/30 THANKSGIVING
VACATION
Week Fifteen
12/2 Due essay/review on drama. Planning sheet for final essay. Williams, Glass Menagerie
Homework: do planning sheet for the final. Read Williams 1443-1468, 1494-1500, 1503-1509
12/4 Due the planning sheet for the final. Check grades with my records. Williams.
Homework: revise the planning sheet for the final.
FINAL: IN-CLASS ESSAY Tues. December 9,
Rev 9/2/03