Tentative schedule for Intro to Literature:
Innocence and Experience
September 2-5 “Araby” page 91 Intro pages 3-6
September 8-12 “Good Country People” 100, “A Clean Lighted Place” 96
September 15-19 “Red Convertible”
September 22-26 Poetry page 11, “My Last Duchess” 132, “Chimney Sweeper” 129,
“Road Not Taken” 139
Homecoming week
September 29 – October 3 “Incident” 141, “Not Laughing but Drowning” 140,
“I Felt a Funeral in the Brain” 134, “Constantly Risking Absurdity” 141,
Intro to Drama
October 6 –10 “Death of a Salesman” 204
October 13 – 15 American Dream
October 16,17 EM
October 20 – 24 Midterm Test, Little Miss Sunshine, “Young Goodman Brown” 80
October 25 – ACT
October 27 – 30 Poe and King
Conformity and Rebellion
November 3 – 7 “Salvation” 281, “Bartleby the scrivener” 314, Introduction 311-313
November 10-14 “Lottery” 350, “Modest Proposal” 482, Begin Research Paper
November 17 – 26 Research paper + Grammar + Vocabulary RP due November 26
November 27, 28 Thanksgiving
Love and Hate
December 1 – 5 Intro 721, “The Storm” 724, “Yellow Wallpaper” 741
December 8 – 12 “Ode to Orange,” “Orange” 820, “1 Corinthians 13” 930,
“Is Love and Art” 932, “No Name Woman” 936, 776- 781
December 15 – 22 “What We Talk” 742, Dickens: “Christmas Carol”
December 24 – January 5 Christmas Break
Presence of Death
January 5 – 9 Pages 965 – 967, 406, “The Things They Carried” 1036
January 12 - 16 Tie up any loose ends and Final Exam
All readings are based on an overall theme.
There will be writing assignments of different styles every week.
Reminder: Notebooks due every other week
Papers are due on the date given.
This is a college class and your readings and assignments are and will be at collegiate level.