E.K.Sparks
11:00-12:15 T/Th
Edwards 302
Engl 209 -- Syllabus
forSpring 2002
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War
Poetry| Sticks and Bones | LiteraryAnalysis Assignment | Cat on a Hot TinRoof | Beat Poetry | Hero'sJourney
| Cuckoo's Nest | Woman on the Edgeof Time |
Relationshop Poetry | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Poetryof
Spiritual Journey | The Bluest Eye | Flyin' West | Last Poetry
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
Linkson
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: WarPoetry--
How
to Read a Poem
Annotated
"Ball Turett"
War
Poet Links
6. T, Jan 29: War
Poetry: JamesDickey,
- "ThePerformance"
- "TheFirebombing"
War
Poems-- Notes
7. Th, Jan 31: Begin PlaySTICKSAND BONES by David Rabe
Notes on
Reading Drama
Initial
Study Questions on Sticks and Bones
8. T, Feb 5: STICKS
& BONESII
Gliederung/Plot
of Sticks and Bones
Characters
in Sticks and Bones
Themesin
Sticks and Bones
9.Th, Feb 7: How to
Write a LiteraryAnalysis 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
Our
Chart of the Hero's Journey in Harry Potter, Slaughterhouse Five,
Cockooo'sNest and Woman on the Edge of Time
MS-WordTemplate
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: Finish
NovelCUCKOO’S NEST II
17.TH, Mar 7: Begin
Novel Woman on the
Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
My Piercy Site
Initial Study Guide for Woman
on the Edge of Time
Women’s
Creativity Festival – various extra credit events
19. T, Mar 12: Finish
NovelWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
20. Th, Mar 14: SECOND
QUIZ
SPRING BREAK
22.T, Mar 26: Poetry
about Relationships:
- Carson McCullers—from
"Balladof the Sad Café,
- William Carlos
Williams "The Ivy Crown",
- William Stafford, "A
Ritual to Read to One Another"
- Marge Piercy, "Song of
the Fucked Duck"
Proposalfor
Paper due
23. TH, Mar 28: Begin
Play:WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
by Edward Albee
24. T, Apr 2: WHO’S
AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
25. TH, Apr 4: Poetry ofSpiritual Journeys:
- Theodore Roethke, "In
a Dark Time,""The Lost Son"
- Adrienne Rich, "Diving
into the Wreck"
- David Wagoner, "Hero
with One Face"
26. T, Apr 9: Begin
Novel Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
27. TH, Apr 11: FinishNovel
Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Paper due
FridayApril 12
28. T, Apr 16: Flyin’
West by Pearl Cleage
29. Th, Apr 18: Flyin’West
by Pearl Cleage
Fly in
West by Pearl Cleage … Tuesday thru Saturday, April 16 thru 20, 8 pm
(see it before class on Thursday)
30. T, Apr 23: Poetry
MakingThings Whole:
- Mark Strand, "Reasons
for Moving,
- David Wagoner, "Going
to Pieces"
- Marge Piercy "To Be of
Use"
31. Th, Apr 25: Review
forFinal