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spring 2026 Prof L Overman's English 364

WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1-5
Class Day What We Will Do in Class Today Homework:Readings done prior to Class

Discussion Boards & Online Journal Entries (250-300 words) and one response (5 sentences min.) to two classmates

 

 Oral Presentations/Major Essays/Quizzes

 

Wk 1: 1/21

Analyzing Short Stories

Introductions, Syllabus, Semester Plan

Literary elements of analysis

What are they? What layers do they add to the story? How to annotate a text?

Upload a photograph of yourself when updating profile in Canvas!

 

 

Office hours commence Wendesday 3-4P see Zoom Link in Canvas START HERE Module or email me that you paln to attend!
    Due outside of and prior to class:
  1. Signups for Presentations! Complete Survey in START HERE Module in Canvas
  2. Review Oral Presentation Prompt
  3. Review: Ann Charters--The Story and Its Writer Table of Contents (and our syllabus reading list)
    Read: Introduction (2-5)
    Appendix 1 "Reading Short Stories" (927-935) & Grace Paley "Samuel"
    Appendix 2 "The Elements of Fiction" (936-950) 
     
     

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Review & Bring Handout from Projects link above:

  1. Annotating a Text
  2. How to Read Literature
    Discuss Your Literary Biography
  1. Due Wednesday 1/21 at 1159PM-Canvas
  2. Two responses to classmates due Due Thursday 1/22 at 1159PM-Canvas
  

 

Wk 1: 1/23

Analyzing Short Stories

Introductions, Syllabus, Semester Plan

Literary elements of analysis

What are they? What layers do they add to the story? How to annotate a text?

Upload a photograph of yourself when updating profile in Canvas!

Journal Entries begin - you may not write journal entry on story you are presenting
    Due outside of and prior to class:
  1. Complete Signups for Presentations!-CANVAS
  2. Meet & Greet --create a slide introducing yourself
  3. Review Journal Prompt- CANVAS
  4. Review Oral presentations prompt-CANVAS
  •   The journal entry is due in Canvas on the dates of the assigned reading. One journal entry per week or as assigned for up to 15 entries . You may choose from ONE of the two short story readings assigned each week. IN some cases I will have specific questions to consider. However you may not write journal entry on the story you are presenting ! 
    Complete the following:
  • Meet & Greet - introduce yourselves -Canvas
  • Journal 1 due by 1/23 1130PM -Canvas
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    Wk 2: 1/28

    19th Century

      Approaches to Readings
    		Due outside of and prior to class:
    1. Read Appendix 3 "A Brief History of the Short Story" (951-961)
    2. J.C.C.Nachtigal "Peter Klaus the Goatherd" -commentary (838-840)
    3. Read for class discussion Irvingwashingtonirving "Rip Van Winkle" (306)

    Review/Read Handouts from Projects link above:

    1. Short Story Worksheet
    2. How to Write a Short Story Analysis

       
    • The journal entry is due in Canvas on the dates of the assigned reading. One journal entry per week or as assigned for up to 15 entries . You may choose from ONE of the two short story readings assigned each week. IN some cases I will have specific questions to consider. However you may not write journal entry on the story you are presenting ! 
      Complete the following:
    • Meet & Greet - introduce yourselves
    • Journal 2 due by 1/28 1130PM
    		 
    Wk 2: 1/30

      Approaches to Readings

       

    		  

    Hawthorne:  “Young Goodman Brown” (261)

    Melville: “Blackness in Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’” - commentary (823)

    Poe:  “The Importance of the Single Effect …”-commentary (851)

    • The journal entry is due in Canvas on the dates of the assigned reading. One journal entry per week or as assigned for up to 15 entries . You may choose from ONE of the two short story readings assigned each week. IN some cases I will have specific questions to consider. However you may not write journal entry on the story you are presenting ! 
      Complete the following:
    • Meet & Greet - introduce yourselves
    • Journal 3 due by 1/30 1130PM -Canvas
      Complete the following by 10AM Fri 1/30
    • Quiz 1 - Canvas on readings for this week
    Wk 3: 2/4
    • Warning: Late work not accepted
    • Work in Translation
      Due outside of and prior to class:
    1. Appendix 4 "Writing about Short Stories" (962-967) 
    2. de Maupassant's "The Writer's Goal" (821)
    3. de Maupassantmaupaussant "Necklace" (487)
    • The journal entry is due in Canvas on the dates of the assigned reading. One journal entry per week or as assigned for up to 15 entries . You may choose from ONE of the two short story readings assigned each week. IN some cases I will have specific questions to consider. However you may not write journal entry on the story you are presenting ! 
      Complete the following:
    • Journal 4 due by 2/4 1130PM -Canvas
      Complete the following by 10AM Fri 2/4
    • Quiz 2 - Canvas on readings for this week

     
    Wk 3: 2/6
    • Presentations begin!
    • Warning: Late work not accepted
    • Work in Translation
    1. Poe "Cask of Amontillado" (611)
    2. DH Lawrence On "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado" -commentary (815)
    3. Presentation Reponse Guidelines --Canvas
    4. Review Oral presentations prompt-CANVAS

     
      Oral Presentation due by Fri 10AM
    1. Presentation by ?????
    2. Poeedgarallanpoe "The Cask of Amontillado" (611)
    3. Presentation Response & Group discussions due by Fri 1130PM
    Wk 4: 2/11

     

    Retellings

     
    2. Kate Chopin "The Story of An Hour" (146 & 151)
    3. Chopin "How I Stumbled upon Maupassant" (782)

       

    • The journal entry is due in Canvas on the dates of the assigned reading. One journal entry per week or as assigned for up to 15 entries . You may choose from ONE of the two short story readings assigned each week. IN some cases I will have specific questions to consider. However you may not write journal entry on the story you are presenting ! 
      Complete the following:
    • Journal 5 due by 2/11 1130PM -Canvas
      Complete the following by 10AM Wednesday 2/11:
    • Quiz 3 - Canvas on readings for this week

     

     
    Wk 4: 2/13

    Presentation

    Retellings

    Work in Translation

      Due outside of and prior to class:
    1. Chekhov "The Lady with the Dog" (134)
    2. Vladimir Nabokov "A Reading of Chekhov's " The Lady with the Little Dog" (832)
    		  

       

       

      Oral Presentation due by Fri 2/13 10AM
    • Presentation by ????
    • chekhovChekhov "The Lady with the Dog" (214)
    • Presentation Response due by Fri 2/13 1130PM

      Wk 5: 2/18

       

       

      Turn of the Century

      Work in Translation

        Due outside of and prior to class:
      1. Charters: “Translating Kafka”-commentary (777)
      2. Kafkakafka "Metamorphosis"(377)

      • Complete the following due in Canvas by Fri 1159PM

        1. Click on Discussion: Read assignment (prompt)
        2. Post your response to the prompt
        3. Read and Respond (hit reply) to TWO other student postings-due by Saturday 2/21 1159PM
        4. You must do all THREE portions of the assignment (one posting and two responses) to receive full credit.

          5. You may post your responses at any time before the due

       

         

       
      Wk 5: 2/20

      Presentation

      Turn of the Century

      Work in Translation

        Due outside of and prior to class:
      1. Gilbert & Gubar A Feminist Reading of Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper '"- commentary (913)
      2. Gilman "The Yellow Wallpaper" (240)

       
        Oral Presentation due by Fri 10AM
      1. Presentation by ???
      2. GilmanGilmanwriting "The Yellow Wallpaper" (240)
      3. Presentation Response due by Fri 1130PM