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fall 2019 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 Writing Projects

Wk 1: 8/29

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?

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    Due outside of and prior to class:
  1. Review: The Story and Its Writer Table of Contents (and our syllabus reading list)
    Read: Introduction (2-5)
    Appendix 1 "Reading Short Stories" (1231)
    Appendix 2 "The Elements of Fiction" (1240) 

Review & Bring Handout from Projects link above:

  1. Annotating a Text
  2. How to Read Literature
  3. Presentation Prompt

 

 
    Reading done in Class:
  1. katechopinChopin "The Story of an Hour" (231)
  2. paleyportraitPaley "Samuel" (1231)
  3. AND Signups for Presentations!

Wk 2: 9/5

19th Century

    Approaches to Readings
Due outside of and prior to class:
  1. Read Appendix 3 "A Brief History of the Short Story" (1255)
  2. Nachtigal "Peter Klaus the Goatherd" -commentary (1085)
  3. Read for class discussion Irvingwashingtonirving "Rip VanWinkle" (383)
  4.  Hawthorne:  “Young Goodman Brown” (354)
  5. Melville: “Blackness in Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’” - commentary (1069)
  6. Poe:  “The Importance of the Single Effect …”-commentary (1097)

Review & Bring Handouts from Projects link above:

  1. Journal format
  2. Short Story Worksheet
  3. How to Write a Short Story Analysis

     
    Class Discussion AND Bring Questions re: Schedule & Syllabus
  1. Analyzing Short Stories
  2. How to Write an Essay about Short Stories
  3. Review: Student Sample Paper (1273)
Wk 3: 9/12
  • Presentations begin!
  • Journal Entries begin - you may not write journal entry on story you are presenting
  • Warning: Late work not accepted
  • Work in Translation
    Due outside of and prior to class:
  1. Appendix 4 "Writing about Short Stories" (1265) 
  2. Maupassant's "The Writer's Goal" (1067)
  3. Poe "Cask of Amontillado" (782)
  4. Lawrence On "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado" -commentary (1052)
  5. de Maupassantmaupaussant "Necklace" (591)
    Review & Bring Handouts from Projects link above:
  1. Presentation Reponse Guidelines

     

  • The journal entry is due in Canvas prior to class on the date of the assigned reading.One journal entry per week or a total of 10 journal entries for the semester is required.  You may choose from the two short story readings assigned each week. However you may not write journal entry on story you are presenting ! 

 

  1. Presentation by Morales, Rangel, Bonemeyer
  2. Poeedgarallanpoe "The Cask of Amontillado" (782)
  3. Presentation Response & Group discussions

 
Wk 4: 9/19

Presentation

Retellings

Work in Translation

    Due outside of and prior to class:
  1. Chekhov"The Lady with the Little Dog" (214)
  2. Oates: “The Lady with the Pet Dog” (669)
  3. Brennan: “Plotting against Chekhov: Joyce Carol Oates and “The Lady with the Dog,”-commentary (1004)

     

  • The journal entry is due in Canvas prior to class on the date of the assigned reading.One journal entry per week or a total of 10 journal entries for the semester is required.  You may choose from the two short story readings assigned each week.  However you may not write journal entry on story you are presenting ! 
  • Presentation by Stirling, Pelaez, Fakhar
  • Chekhovchekhov"The Lady with the Dog" (214)
  • Presentation Response & Group discussions

      • Wk 5: 9/26

       

      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 (1178)
      2. Gilman "The Yellow Wallpaper" (342)
      3. Charters: “Translating Kafka”-commentary (1009)
      4. Kafkakafka "Metamorphosis"(457)

      The journal entry is due in Canvas prior to class on the date of the assigned reading.One journal entry per week or a total of 10 journal entries for the semester is required.  You may choose from the two short story readings assigned each week.  However you may not write journal entry on story you are presenting ! 

      Discussion 1 due in Canvas by Sundays 11:55 p.m.:

      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
      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 date.

      1. Presentation by Ceja, Nawroth
      2. GilmanGilmanwriting "The Yellow Wallpaper" (342)
      3. Presentation Response & Group discussions