Course: English 102--Introduction to Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: Office Village 4
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: By appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: Office Village 4
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: By appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 July 21 INTRODUCTION What is "Literature"? Interpreting and Evaluating Literature Writing About Literature Go to Discussion Questions 1 Go to Lecture 1 |
Reading: Valenzuela, "All About Suicide," 7 |
| Week 1 July 22 FICTION Understanding Fiction Plot Character Go to Lecture 2 No Discussion Questions for today |
Reading: Rios, "The Secret Lion," 165 Faulkner, "A Rose For Emily," 205 Baxter, "Gryphon," 238 |
| WEEK 1 July 23 FICTION Setting Point of View Go to Discussion Questions 2 Go to Lecture 3 |
Reading: 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 1 July 24 FICTION Style, Tone, Language Symbol and Allegory Go to Lecture 4 No Discussion Questions for today |
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 2 July 28 FICTION Theme Synthesis Go to Lecture 5 Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: Atwood, "Happy Endings," 157 Dobyns, "Kansas," 199 Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing," 282 O'Brien, "The Things They Carried," 379 |
| WEEK 2 July 29 POETRY Understanding Poetry Reading Poetry Writing About Poetry Themes in Poetry No Discussion Questions for today Go to Lecture 6
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Marianne Moore, "Poetry," 657 Reading: Giovanni, "Poetry," 658 O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter" (see Lecture 6) 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 |
| WEEK 2 July 30 POETRY Voice Word Choice, Word Order Go to Discussion Questions 4 Go to Lecture 7 |
Reading: 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 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 |
| WEEK 2 July 31 POETRY Imagery Figures of Speech Symbolism No Discussion Questions for today Go to Lecture 8 |
Reading: 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 3 August 4 POETRY Sound Form Go to Discussion Questions 5 Go to Lecture 9 |
Reading: pp. 794-846 (Chapters 29 on Sound and 30 on Form) (read all text and poems) |
| WEEK 3 August 5 DRAMA Understanding Drama Reading Drama Writing About Drama Plot No Discussion Questions for today Go to Lecture 10  Paper 2 due |
Reading: Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| WEEK 3 August 6 DRAMA Understanding Drama Reading Drama Writing About Drama Plot No Discussion Questions for today No new lecture for today |
Reading: Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| WEEK 3 August 7 DRAMA Character Go to Lecture 11 Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: Auburn, Proof, 1193 |
| WEEK 4 August 11 DRAMA Staging No Discussion Questions for today Go to Lecture 12 |
Reading: Strindberg, The Stronger, 1188 Hwang, Trying to Find Chinatown, 1478 |
| WEEK 4 August 12 DRAMA Theme Go to Discussion Questions 7 Go to Lecture 13 |
Reading: Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1055 |
| WEEK 4 August 13 NOVEL Understanding the Novel Novel vs. Short Story Go to Lecture 14 No Discussion Questions for today Paper 3 due |
Reading: Baxter, The Feast of Love |
| WEEK 4 August 14 NOVEL Plot Point of View Style No Discussion Questions for today No new lecture for today |
Reading: Baxter, The Feast of Love |
| WEEK 5 August 18 NOVEL Point of View Style Go to Discussion Questions 8 No new lecture for today |
Reading, Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees |
| WEEK 5 August 19 CATCH YOUR BREATH DAY | No reading assignment for today |
| WEEK 5 August 20 CATCH YOUR BREATH DAY | No reading assignment for today |
| WEEK 5 August 21 FINAL EXAM | Exam due today No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |