Fall 1999 – English 202

Class Schedule

8/26 - Introduction

WEEK TW0

8/31 -

Steven Lynn, "Critical Worlds: A Selective Tour" (xerox)

Peter Barry, Beginning Theory "Tenets of Liberal Humanism" (pp.16-21); "Liberal Humanism in Practice" (pp.31-32); "Transition to Theory" (pp.32-34); "Some Recurrent Ideas in Critical Theory" (pp.34-36)

9/2 -

William Carlos Williams, "The Use of Force" (xerox) Emily Dickinson, "I'm 'wife'–I've finished that–" (xerox) "Critical Approaches" (xerox)

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•Critical approaches to Williams story and Dickinson poem
     (Review as necessary for class discussion)
•Bring typed copy of your brief, informal 'essay' on the Williams story or Dickinson poem
     (Write on whichever text you did not write on in Thursday's class session.)
•Read Chapter 3 on Post-structuralism and Deconstruction in Peter Barry's Beginning Theory
     

9/9 -

-> For discussion: What are the strengths and limitations of Barry's 'deconstructive' analyses of the Dylan Thomas and William Cowper poems in Chapter 3 of his Beginning Theory? •Read Oliver poem, my 'deconstructive' talk about it, and Barbara Johnson's "Teaching Deconstructively" (xeroxes distributed in class) -> For discussion: how would you go about making my comments on Oliver's poem even more in keeping with a deconstructive approach?

Robert Scholes, "Decoding Papa: Hemingway's 'A Very Short Story' as Work and Text" (structuralist/semiotic)[xerox] Steven Lynn, "The Writing Process..." (reader-response) [xerox] -> For discussion: How does Lynn's reading differ from Scholes's? Which do you find more persuasive, and why?

JOURNALS DUE BY 5 p.m.

WEEK FOUR

9/14 -

Conrad, The Secret Sharer

9/16 - Essays on Conrad (Conrad site: scroll midway down page)

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WEEK FIVE

9/21 - Essays on Conrad

9/23 - Essays on Conrad

9/28 - Lawrence, St. Mawr

9/30 - Lawrence - JOURNALS DUE
Essays by F.R. Leavis (liberal humanist). (Also, see sections on Leavis in Peter Barry's book.)
Keith Sagar (textual criticism; biographical; historical)

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10/5 - Lawrence (University of Nottingham Lawrence site)
Essays by Sagar; Avrom Fleishman (stylistics; Bakhtinian)

10/7 - Lawrence
Essays by Roger Poole (psychoanalytic); Steve Giles (Marxist via G. Lukacs)

10/12 - Lawrence
Essays by Giles; Elaine Millard (feminist/structualist-semiotics)

READING DAYS - 10/14 & 10/15

WEEK NINE

10/19 - Mann, Death in Venice

10/21 - Essays on Mann - Special Project proposal due in class

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WEEK TEN

10/26 - Essays on Mann

(Easley photo from Venice, Italy Index)

10/28 - Essays on Mann - JOURNALS DUE BY 5 p.m.

WEEK ELEVEN (from Domestic Goddesses)

11/2 - Wharton, The House of Mirth

11/4 - Wharton (Wharton Homepage)

11/9 - Wharton - Detailed outlines of Special Project due in class

11/11 - Essays on Wharton

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11/16 - Essays on Wharton

11/18 - Essays on Wharton - JOURNALS DUE BY 5 p.m.

THANKSGIVING

WEEK FOURTEEN

11/30 -

Dickinson's bedroom (from the Emily Dickinson Page )

12/2 - No class. [I will be in my office during our regular class time to talk with you about your projects. Please call in advance and schedule an appointment, if you wish to see me.]

12/7 - PRESENTATIONS

12/9 - PRESENTATIONS. SPECIAL PROJECTS DUE in class; do course evaluations.

EXAM WEEK 12/12-17

->>>>>LAST SET OF PRESENTATIONS, 9 a.m. Sunday, December 12 -- Attendance is required.<------

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