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CALENDAR

AUG. 25  - Introduction

30 – Ernest Hemingway, "Now I Lay Me"; "In Another Country"
SEPT. 1 - Elizabeth Bowen, "London, 1940," "Mysterious Kôr"

6 - Flannery O'Connor, "The Displaced Person"
8 –  O’Connor (cont.); workshop

[Mon., Sept. 12 – 1st PAPER DUE (4-5pp.) by 5 p.m.]
13 – Workshop (opening ¶s and topic sentences)
15 - Charles Simic, "Refugees" (in book, Letters of Transit)
(For class discussion: connections between his poem and
his essay, connections with O'Connor's "The Displaced
Person," and reflections on why it may have been
important to him to write this essay)

20 – Simic, "Refugees" + possible research topics related to the readings so far
22 - Robert Olen Butler, "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain"

27 – William Trevor, "The News from Ireland"
Collect revised sentences.
(Wed., Sept. 28 – Revised 1st paper due;
attach previous version with my comments)
29 – No class. (READING DAYS.)

OCT. 4 - Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men (to p.73)
6 – Kingston (to p.122)

[Mon., Oct. 10 – 2nd PAPER DUE (4-5pp.) by 5 p.m.]
11 - Kingston (to p.201)
13 - Kingston (to p.260)

[Mon., Oct. 17– Research PROPOSALS DUE (1p.)]
18 - Discuss proposals. Kingston (to p.308 - end).
20 - Revised proposals due in class. (Attach previous version
with my comments.) Four questions on last two
sections of China Men due in class.

25 - Mukherjee, "A Wife's Story"; Jhumpa Lahiri, "Mrs. Sen's"
In-class work on thesis statements
27 – Library session
[Fri., Oct. 28 – Revised 2nd PAPER DUE (4-5pp.) by 5 p.m.
Attach previous version with my comments.]

NOV. 1 – In-class peer review of revised 2nd paper;
Mukherjee and Lahiri stories above (cont.)
3 – Sandra Cisneros, "Woman Hollering Creek";
discuss format for research papers

8 – Emma Donoghue, "Going Back"; plagiarism review
10 - Saadat Hasan Manto, "Toba Tek Singh" +
Mukherjee, "Imaginary Homelands" (in book, Letters of Transit);
discuss sample MLA research paper, using signal phrases to introduce quotes,
and other aspects of quoting and documentation

15 - 1st ¶ and outlines or drafts of researched paper due in class; workshop
17 – Researched PAPER DUE (6-8pp. + Works Cited) due in class;
workshop; sign-up for optional post-break conference

 [THANKSGIVING BREAK – 5:30 p.m., Nov. 18 - Nov.27]

[Mon., Nov. 28 - optional individual conferences]
29 – Revised PAPERS DUE in class; workshop on writing abstracts;
DEC. 1 – Lahiri, "The Third and Final Continent"

6 - Oral presentations
8 - Oral presentations (cont.); discuss final exam; do evaluations;
ABSTRACT of researched paper DUE in class

[Fri., Dec. 9 - last day for those who submitted revised researched papers
on 11/29 to submit final revisions of 2nd paper]

[READING DAY: Dec. 10; EXAMS: Dec. 11 – 16]

Main Deadlines

Mon., Sept. 12  - 1st paper

Wed., Sept. 28 - revised 1st paper

Mon., Oct. 10 - 2nd paper

Mon., Oct. 17 – proposals for researched paper 

Fri., Oct. 28 - revised 2nd paper

Tues., Nov. 15 - draft or outline of researched paper due in class

 Thurs., Nov. 17 - researched paper due in class

Tues., Nov. 29 - researched papers revised on basis of
11/17 peer reviews due in class; final revisions of 2nd paper
due in class, if not revising researched paper

Tues., Thurs., Dec. 6, 8 - oral presentations

Thurs., Dec. 8 - abstracts of researched papers due in class

Fri., Dec. 9 - last day for those who submitted revised researched papers
on 11/29 to submit final revisions of 2nd paper

Dec. 11–16 – Exams