English18: Introductionto Literature
Weeks7-Endof Semester
Instructor: David Besst
Spring2008
H-2
Svlldbus:
To be preparedfor pa"nicipationin classdiscussionand/orpop qurzzes,pleasehavereadingsand response
journalscompletedbefore comingto classon the daythey areassigned.Also, the following scheduleis
tentativeandmay be modified. Additionalwork may be assignedor datesmay be rea:rangedto
accommodate
the workloadin this class.Keepin mind thatyou are responsiblefor notingandobserving
any changesin the syllabusduringthe semester.
Week 7
March4
March6
Fiction Unit Exam---FictionJournals DUE
Introductionto Poetry(420-21,703-A4,ml-AZ)"
ReadKennedylGioiaCh. I I (Readinga Poem)andCh. 12 (Listeningto a Voice)
Chitdhood:My Papa'sWaltz"(438-39),"scenesfrom the Playroom"((handout),"When I wasoneand
The Whipping"(695),"The Writer"(823)
twenty"(586),"Piano"(428),"ThoseWinterSundays"(779),
(handout),"
"Awake!"
Week 8
March 11
Fiction EssayDue
ReadKennedyCh. 12 (Words)andCh. 13 (SayingandSuggesting)
Death &Dying 56Hurt'(handout), "Because I could not stop for death"(710)""Death be not Proud"(770),
"Reapers"(507), "Annabel Lee"(699), "Elegy for My Father, Who is Not Dead (handout), Luke Havergal
(446),"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"(606),
March 13
ReadKennedyCh. 14 (Imagery)andCh 15 (Figuresof Speech)
Carpe Diem: "To the Virgins, to MakeMuch of Time"(782),"Loveliestof trees,the cherrynow"(783),
"To His Coy Mistress"(792-93),
"Go, Lovely Rose"(821),"Upon Julia'sClothes"(477)
Week 9
March 18
SpringBreak!
MarchZ0
SpringBreak!
Week 10
March25
ReadKennedyCh. 16 (Song)andCh. 17(Sound)
"Love" (781),"The Fled'(795),"Battermy heart"(470),
Love/Romance:"For the First Time"(handout),
"The SilkenTent'(534),"Do\iln,Wanton,Down!"(469-70),"Tifed Sex"(512),"The Suitor"(535),"The
RuinedMaiil'(479)
MarchZT
ReadKennedyCh. 19 (ClosedForm)andCh. 20 (OpenForm)
SonnetsvsFreeVerse:
"ShalllcomparetheetoaSummer'sDay?"(524-25),"MyMistress'Eyes..."(8ll),
"Let Me nof'(598-99), "How do I love thee?"(762),"What lips my lips havekissed"(600),
"FirstPoemfor You'(601)
(Handout)
ProsePoetry-Baudelaire
Week 11
April I
April3
ReadKennedyCh. 21 (Symbol)and Ch.22 (Myth)
The American Experience:"Songof the OpenRoad"(822),o'IHearAmericaSinging"(E23), "Ballad of
the Landlord"(721>, "Themefor EnglishB"(723),*I,Too" (72O),"Harlem"(724),"\trleRealCool"(579)
ReadKennedyCh. 23 (PersonalMyth) andCh. 24 (RecognizingExcellence)
"The UnknownCitizellf'(453),"The
"The Fish"(504-05),"Daddy"(801-03),"My LastDuchess"(432-33),
RoadNot Taken(633-34)
*For the poetry section,readeachchapterandpick two poemson the syllabus that you find interestingor
journal for thetwo poemsyou've
thoughtprovokingfor eachday we meetin class. Write a daily response
selected.Follow the sameformat for the responsejournal with poetry as you did when writing aboutfiction.
Be preparedto discusswhich poemsyou selectedandwhy you found them worthy ofinchlsion in your
journal. By the endof the poetrysection,you shouldhavecompletedentrieson at least16poems.
Week 12
April 8
April l0
Week 13
April 15
April 17
Week 14
Apfl, 22
ApriI 24
Poetry Unit Quiz
Literature Journal Due
ReadKennedyon Drama(831-37)
GlaspellTrifles (837-52)
(856-58,879-886)
ReadKennedyon The Theatreof Sophocles
Sophocles,
OedipustheKing (887-925)
PoetryEssayDue
Sophocles,
Oedipusthe King (887-925)
ReadKennedyon The Modern Theatre (1052-54)
Film Midnight Cowboy(Shortquiz after film)
Miller, "Tragedyandthe CommonMan" (1281-83)
Miller, Deathof a Salesman(l2Il-1280)
\ileek 15
April 29
Miller, Deathof a Salesman(l2ll-80)
lvlay t
Film: Death of a Salesman(Shortquiz after film)
Week 16
May 6
May 8
Drama Unit Quiz
Literature Journal Due (DramaEntries)
OralReportsdHandout
Week 17
May ,15
Oral Reportsur/ Handout
(Thursday) Final ExamSchedule12:00-l:50
Drama EssavDue