E.K.Sparks
11:00-12:15 T/Th
Edwards 302
Engl 209 -- Syllabus
forSpring 2002
Revised for Root Canaland
Slow Readers
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War
Poetry| Sticks and Bones | Literary Analysis Assignment | Cat on a Hot TinRoof | Beat Poetry | Hero's Journey
| Cuckoo's Nest | Poetry
of Spiritual Journeys |Woman on the Edge of Time
| Relationship Poetry| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | TheBluest Eye | Flyin' West
| Last Poetry | Final
1.Th, Jan 10: Intro
to Class-- Lecture on Modernism, Existentialism, and Post-Modernism.
Notesand
Links on Modernism, Existentialism, and Post-Modernism
2.T, Jan 15: Begin Novel:SLAUGHTERHOUSE
FIVE by Vonnegut
Initial Study
Questions on SH5
Links
on Vonnegut
Plot
Outline of SH5
Characters
in SH5
Themes
in SH5
3. Th, Jan 17: SH5 II
4.T, Jan 22: SH5 III
5.Th, Jan 24: War Poetry--
How
to Read a Poem
Annotated "Ball Turett"
War
Poet Links
6. T, Jan 29: War
Poetry: James Dickey,
- "The Performance"
- "The Firebombing"
War
Poems-- Notes
7. Th, Jan 31: Begin Play STICKS AND BONES by David Rabe
Notes on
Reading Drama
Initial
Study Questions on Sticks and Bones
8. T, Feb 5: STICKS
& BONES II
Gliederung/Plot
of Sticks and Bones
Characters
in Sticks and Bones
Themes in
Sticks and Bones
9.Th, Feb 7: How to
Write a Literary Analysis Paper;
Review for Quiz
Link to OLD
materials on research paper
New Links to Research Project
Sample ID
Quiz
10. T, Feb 12: FIRST QUIZ
11. TH, Feb 14 : Begin
Play: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
by Tennesse Williams
Williams Links
Initial
Study Questions for Cat
12. T, Feb 19: Cont.
Play:CATON A HOT TIN ROOF
Plot
Outline of Cat
Themes in
Cat
13. TH, Feb 21:Beats:Intro to Beats:
14. T, Feb 26; Joseph Campbelland the Hero's Journey
EKS--
Notes on Myth Criticism
EKS --
Campbell Charts (Dorothy and Luke)
Someone Else's
Comparison of Star Wars and the Matrix
OurChart
of the Hero's Journey in Harry Potter, Slaughterhouse Five, Cockooo's
Nest and Woman on the Edge of Time
MS-Word
Template for Making your Own Hero Chart
15. TH, Feb 28: Begin
NovelONEFLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
by Ken Kesey
Study Guide
for Cuckoo's Nest
Plot
Outline of Cuckoo's Nest
Characters
in Cuckoo's Nest
Themes in
Cuckoo's Nest
Ken
Kesey Links
16. T, Mar 5: Work on
Cuckoo's Nest on-line while teacher has root canal. Go to mycle
and contribute at least 250 words total to one or more topics on
discussion board. (Yes, this will serve as your journal entry for the
day)
17.TH, Mar 7: Finish
Novel CUCKOO’S NEST
Women’s
Creativity Festival March 4-11: various extra credit events
19. T, Mar 12: Poetry
ofSpiritual Journeys:
20. Th, Mar 14: SECOND
QUIZ
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22.T, Mar 26: Begin
Novel Womanon the Edge
of Time by Marge Piercy
My
Piercy Site
Links Page
for Woman on the Edge of Time
Initial Study Guide for Woman
on the Edge of Time
Gliederung/Plot
Summary of Woman on the Edge of Time
Proposalfor
Paper due on Thursday Maarch 28
23. TH, Mar 28: Poetry
about Relationships:
24. T, Apr 2: Finish NovelWoman
on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
25. TH, Apr 4:
Begin Play: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA
WOOLF? by Edward Albee
EKS--Reading Questions for Edward Albee's Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Who is
Viriginia Woolf and What Does She Have to Do with Albee's Play?
26. T, Apr 9: Finish WHO’S
AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Plot of Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Characters
in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Themes
in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
27. TH, Apr 11: Begin
Novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Initial
Study Questions on Bluest Eye
Plot of Bluest
Eye
Characters
in Bluest Eye
Themes
in Bluest Eye
28. T, Apr 16: Finish
Novel Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
29. Th, Apr 18: Flyin’ West by Pearl Cleage
Links,
Plot, Characters, Thems for Flyin' West
Flyin’ West by Pearl Cleage
… Tuesday thru Saturday, April 16 thru 20, 8 pm
(see it before
class on Thursday)
Paper due Friday April 19
30. T, Apr 23: Flyin’
West by Pearl Cleage
31. Th, Apr 25:
Reviewfor Final
Core List
by Unit
Final Exam
Essay Questions