Moorpark English 1B Tentative Reading List: Fall 2009
Texts:
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 4th Compact Edition.
eds. Kennedy, X.J. and Dana Gioia. Longman: San Francisco: Longman, 2005. aka LIT
most online sources are linked from here and the schedule
Silverman et al. Rules of Thumb. 6th ed. San Francisco: McGraw Hill, 2005. aka ROT
Please check the schedule for changes and updates. Complete
all readings by due dates. Summary and response of LIT readings are due
within one week of in-class discussion. Various smaller writing
assignments will be given in
class. Any revision of reading assignments announced in class.
Introductions
Haiku (LIT) Image (LIT)
Conflict
Komunyakaa, Yusef. "Facing It."(LIT)
Tim O'Brien. "The Things They Carried." (LIT)
Tim O'Brien. "How to Tell A War Story." (HO)
Wilfred Owen. "Dulce Et Decorum Est" "Anthem For a Doomed Youth" and "War Poetry" (LIT)
Sigfried Sassoon. (HO)
Henry Reed. "Naming of Parts"(LIT)
Science Fiction
Le Guin (HO) and "Those Who Walk Away From Omelas" (LIT)
Vonnegut. "Harrison Bergeron" (LIT)
Critical Casebooks: students will work in groups to determine the
readings for each case study.
Nov 16: Flannery O'Connor: "A Good Man is Hard to Find"