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Introduction to Western Literature--Fall, 1999
Tentative Syllabus
LAST UPDATE: December 22, 1999
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Author/text |
Techniques/ Theme |
09/23 |
Classes Canceled due to the 9/21 Quake |
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Holiday |
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Introduction: Elements of Fiction Holst, Spencer ¡§The Zebra Story Teller¡¨ (2) *Hemingway |
Plot, Point of View, Characterization, Setting, Symbols/Imagery, Theme |
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Bierce,
Ambrose ¡§An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge¡¨(80-86)
Poe, Edgar Allan ¡§The Cask of Amontillado¡¨& Video |
Plot, Hallucination, 3rd person point of view 1st person point of view, irony |
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*Willer
Cather ¡§Paul's Case¡¨ (xerox)
Lessing, Doris ¡§Our Friend Judith¡¨(134-146) Tan, Amy ¡§A Pair of Tickets¡¨ *Jackson, Shirley ¡§The Lottery¡¨ (xerox) |
Guest
Lecture
Setting, Symbol Characterization |
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No class or a make-up class for the Quake | |
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Exam. 1: on Fiction |
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10/28 |
Drama:
The First Approach Checkhov ¡§The Man in A Case¡¨ (xerox) Wesserstein The Man in A Case (xerox) *History of Drama |
Elements
of Drama
From Page to Stage |
11/04 |
George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion ACT1 |
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11/11 |
George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion |
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11/18 |
George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion |
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George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion |
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Video: My Fair Lady | |
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Review on Drama | |
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Exam. 2: on Drama | |
12/09 |
Poetry
I: First Approach (597,603, 609-11)
William Carlos Williams ¡§This is Just to Say¡¨ (979) Koch ¡§Variations¡K¡¨ (853) Brooks, Gwendolyn ¡§We Real Cool¡¨ (654) *Hayden, Robert ¡§Those Winter Sundays¡¨ (634) *Piercy, Marge ¡§Barbie Doll¡¨ (620-23) *Pastan, Linda ¡§love poem¡¨ (623-24) |
Reading, Responding & Writing about Poetry Family, Youth experiences, Love |
12/16 |
Poetry
II: Denotation & Connotation 1
Wordsworth ¡§I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud¡¨ (xerox) Herrick, Robert ¡§Delight in Disorder¡¨(704) Shakespeare ¡§That Time of the Year¡K¡¨ (713) Burns, Robert ¡§A Red, Red Rose¡¨ (718) Winters, Yvor ¡§At the San Francisco Airport¡¨ (699-701) *Wilbur ¡§A Simile for Her Smile¡¨ (xerox) *T. Roethke ¡§My Papa's Waltz¡¨ (1948, p.603) |
Diction,
and word order
Figurative Language¡XMetaphor, Simile |
12/23 |
Poetry
III: Figurative Language 2¡XImagery Symbolism (726-7), Irony
Pound, Ezra ¡§In a Station of the Metro¡¨ (xerox) Chasin, Helen ¡§The Word Plum¡¨ (739-40) Olds ¡§Lenigrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941¡¨ (726-7) Blake, William ¡§The Sick Rose¡¨ (732) * ¡§War is Kind¡¨ (xerox) |
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Imagery ¡@ Symbol Irony |
12/30 |
Poetry
IV: Situation, Sounds & Sense
Donne, John ¡§The Flea¡¨ (660, 664) *Milton ¡§On the Late Massacre in Piedmont" (667-9)? Coleridge, Samuel Taylor ¡§Metrical Feet¡¨ (745-7) Cope, Emily ¡§Emily Dicknson¡¨ (747) Shakespeare ¡§Lullaby¡¨ (xerox) *Anonymous ¡§There Was a Young Lady of Riga¡¨ |
Situation
Sounds & Sense |
01/06 |
Poetry
V: Poetic Form (Internal & External Structures (758, 782-5)
Cummings, E. E. ¡§l(a¡¨ (805) *Nemerov ¡§The Goose Fish¡¨ (761-3) or Whitman ¡§When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer¡¨ Shakespeare ¡§That time of the year¡K¡¨ *Constable, Henry ¡§My lady's presence makes the roses red"(786-8) |
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Open form ¡@ Sonnet |
01/13 |
Faulkner, William ¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨ (429¡X439) |
Critical
Context
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Wrap
Approaching the Whole Poem (807-809) |
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Final Exam.: On Poetry & Review Fiction? |
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