Course: English 102--Introduction to Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: Office Village 4
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9-9:30 a.m. and by appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: Office Village 4
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9-9:30 a.m. and by appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Sept. 2-6 INTRODUCTION What is "Literature"? Interpreting and Evaluating Literature Writing About Literature FICTION Plot Character Go to Lecture 1 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: Valenzuela, "All About Suicide," 7 Rios, "The Secret Lion," 165 Baxter, "Gryphon," 238 |
| Week 2 Sept. 8-13 FICTION Understanding Fiction Setting Point of View Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: Faulkner, "A Rose For Emily" 205 Gildner, "Sleepy Time Gal," 150 Alexie, "This is What it Means to Say..." 260 Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," 366 Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart," 622 |
| WEEK 3 Sept. 15-20 FICTION Style, Tone, Language Symbol and Allegory Go to Discussion Questions 3 Go to Lecture 3 | Reading:
Foer, "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease," 152 Hemingway, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," 353 |
| WEEK 4 Sept. 22-27 FICTION
Theme Synthesis Go to Discussion Questions 4 Go to Lecture 4 |
Reading: Atwood, "Happy Endings," 157 Dobyns, "Kansas," 199 Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing," 282 O'Brien, "The Things They Carried," 379 |
| WEEK 5 Sept. 29-Oct. 4 POETRY Understanding Poetry Reading Poetry Writing About Poetry Themes in Poetry Voice No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 5 
Paper 1 due |
Reading: Marianne Moore, "Poetry," 657 Reading: Giovanni, "Poetry," 658 O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter" (see Lecture 5) cummings, "l/a," 666 Carver, "Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year," 874 Cofer, "My Father in the Navy: A Childhood Memory," 877 Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz," 873 Yamada, "The Night Before Goodbye," 875 Coleman, "Dear Mama," 876 Hayden, "Those Winter Sundays," 677 Heaney, "Digging," 678 Dickinson, "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" 697 Gluck, "Gretel in Darkness," 698 Mirikitani, "Suicide Note," 706 Dorfman, "Hope," 722 Sexton, "Cinderella," 853 Randall, "Ballad of Birmingham," 725 |
| WEEK 6 Oct. 6-11 POETRY
Word Choice, Word Order Imagery Figures of Speech Symbols, Allegory, Allusion, Myth Go to Discussion Questions 5 Go to Lecture 6 |
Reading: Sepamla, "Words, Words, Words," 729 Rich, "Living in Sin," 735 Sagel, "Baca Grande," 741 Bukowski, "Dog Fight," 745 Brooks, "We Real Cool," 746 Brooke, "The Soldier," 886 Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est," 887 Williams, "Red Wheelbarrow," 755 Pound, "In a Station of the Metro," 756 Hughes, "Harlem," 767 Plath, "Daddy," 778 Atwood, "You Fit Into Me," 787 Ginsberg, "A Supermarket in California," 791 Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," 960 Yeats, "The Second Coming," 1020 |
| WEEK 7 Oct. 13-18 POETRY Sound Form Go to Discussion Questions 6 Go to Lecture 7 |
Reading: pp. 794-846 (Chapters 29 on Sound and 30 on Form) (read all text and poems) |
| WEEK 8 Oct. 20-25 DRAMA Understanding Drama Reading Drama Writing About Drama Plot No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 8 Paper 2 due |
Reading: Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| WEEK 9 Oct. 27-Nov. 1 DRAMA Character Go to Discussion Questions 7 Go to Lecture 9 |
Reading: Auburn, Proof, 1507 |
| WEEK 10 Nov. 3-8 DRAMA Staging Go to Discussion Questions 8 Go to Lecture 10 |
Reading: Strindberg, The Stronger, 1188 Hwang, Trying to Find Chinatown, 1478 |
| WEEK 11 Nov. 11-15 DRAMA Theme Go to Discussion Questions 9 Go to Lecture 11 | Reading: Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| WEEK 12 Nov. 17-22 NOVEL Understanding the Novel Novel vs. Short Story No new Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 12 Paper 3 due |
Reading: Baxter, The Feast of Love |
| WEEK 13 Nov. 24-26 NOVEL Understanding the Novel Novel vs. Short Story No Discussion Questions this week No new Lecture this week |
Reading: Baxter, The Feast of Love |
| WEEK 14 Dec. 1-6 NOVEL Plot Point of View Style Go to Discussion Questions 10 No new Lecture this week | Reading: Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees |
| WEEK 15 Dec. 8-12 CATCH YOUR BREATH TIME | No new reading assignment due |
| WEEK 16 FINAL EXAM | Exam due Monday, December 15th, by midnight. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |