Schedule of Readings
English 232
Each week, you will be responsible for a different set of readings. I would plan to be finished
with the readings by Monday of the week that they are due so that you can fully participate in the
class discussions in Moodle. For each author that you read, there will be a short reading quiz for
you to take. You will have until Wednesday at noon of each week to have the quiz completed,
along with your first discussion board post. That initial post must be 300 words and include
discussion questions. For more information, please see your syllabus. Your three follow-up posts
for each author of at least 50 words each are due by Sunday at midnight each week. Again,
additional information is available on your syllabus.
Week 1 (8/20-8/24)
Please write a 300 word introduction of yourself and tell us what you would like to get out of this
course on the discussion forum. Print out, read, and validate your syllabus. Purchase Wind in a
Box by Terrance Hayes in the University bookstore. Post any questions about the course or the
reading schedule to the General Questions forum.
Week 2 (8/24-8/31)
Phillis Wheatley, pp. 1297-1299 and the poems “On Being Brought from Africa to America” and
“To the University of Cambridge, in New England”
Read Frederick Douglass, pp. 2035-2037 and Chapter 1 of Narrative
Week 3 (8/31-9/7)
LABOR DAY
Read Edgar Allan Poe, pp. 2484-2486 and “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Week 4 (9/7-9/14)
Read Emily Dickinson, pp. 3125-3129 and the following poems: “Success is counted Sweetest”
(p. 3131), “Some keep the Sabbath going to Church” (p. 3139), and “I Dwell in Possibility” (p.
3152) *note that Dickinson’s poems are numbered and the titles are the first lines
Read Mark Twain, pp. 54-56 and “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog”
Week 5 (9/14-9/21)
Read Kate Chopin, pp. 413-415 and “Desiree’s Baby”
Read Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, pp. 845-847 and “A New England Nun”
Week 6 (9/21-9/28)
Read Edith Wharton, pp. 1240-1241 and “Roman Fever”
Read Robert Frost, pp. 1335-1336 and “Mending Wall,” “The Road Not Taken,” and “Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Week 7 (9/28-10/5)
Read Terrance Hayes, Wind in a Box
Rather than having a quiz this week, we will focus on discussion.
FALL BREAK (10/2-10/5)
Week 8 (10/5-10/12)
There will be no reading assignment this week so that you can prepare to take your midterm
exam.
Week 9 (10/12-10/19)
The midterm will be available until Wednesday at noon of this week. Once you begin the exam,
you will be timed just as you are in your quizzes. I will not be able to control your testing
conditions but you should be working by yourself and without the help of your book. The exam
is described in detail on your syllabus. Questions should be posted to the midterm exam
discussion forum.
Week 10 (10/19-10/26)
Read Ernest Hemingway, pp. 1671-1672 and “Hills Like White Elephants”
Read Langston Hughes, pp. 1773-1774, “Harlem” and “Thank You, M’am”
10/23 Terrance Hayes Day
Last Day to Withdraw 10/24 (See me before withdrawing.)
Week 11 (10/26-11/2)
Read Zora Neale Hurston, pp. 1830-1831 and “Sweat”
Read Martin Luther King, Jr., pp. 2709 and “I Have a Dream”
Week 12 (11/2-11/9)
Read Sylvia Plath, pp. 2836-2837 and “Lady Lazarus”
Read Joyce Carol Oates, pp. 3041-3042 and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
Week 13 (11/9-11/16)
Read Maxine Hong Kingston, pp. 3124-3125 and “No Name Woman”
Read Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 3133-3134 and “Airwaves”
Week 14 (11/16-11/23)
Read Gary Soto, pp. 3425 and “Mexicans Begin Jogging”
Read Sandra Cisneros, pp. 3473-3474 and “Eleven”
Extra Credit Assignments Due 11/25
THANKSGIVING (11/26-11/30)
Week 15 (11/30-12/7)
This week is reserved for study. Please come by my office to discuss your final grade.
Finals Week (12/7-12/14)
As with the midterm, your final exam will be available until Wednesday at noon of this week
and is described on the syllabus. If you are a senior, please finish your exam early so that your
final grade can be posted before Thursday at 9am.