Anthologies Reading Schedule / Presentation Schedule

Jan. 17: Introduction

Syllabus, Concerns of the Class, Concerns of the Students

Jan. 24: So, What's in Your Library?

Examine anthologies to determine characteristics: introductions, ToC, headnotes, bio notes,
footnotes, index, units/groupings, study/discussion questions

Each student will each bring in an anthology he or she owns, and present a 10 minute report on
its elements.

We shall also discuss relevant texts that they intend to use for their analyses during
the course of the semester.

Jan. 31: The Canon Wars and the Syllabus

"Canon," John Guillory (handout)
"Literary History," Lee Patterson (handout)
"Anthologies, Literary Theory, and the Teaching of Literature," Gerald Graff and Jeffrey Di Leo
(On Anthologies)

Students will bring to class a syllabus (either from a class they are teaching or from one they
are taking)

Feb. 7: "Frost at Midnight": The Case of Romanticism

Readings to be found online at
http://www.erudit.org/revue/ron/1997/v/n7/index.html

Case study using recent anthologies of English Romantic literature

Feb. 14: Cultural Pressures: Race, Class, Gender and Multiculturalism

"Culture," Stephen Greenblatt (handout)

Paper 1 Due: 3-4 pp. Written analysis of the assumptions that underlie one of the
anthologies you discussed last week. Papers should be submitted in hard copy and posted
to the course listserve.

Feb. 21: Economic Pressures

"The Economic Challenges to Anthologies," Cary Nelson (On Anthologies)

Guest Speaker from UALR Bookstore

Feb. 28: The World of Anthologies; Anthologies and the World

"From the Old World to the Whole World," David Damrosch (On Anthologies)
"Anthologizing 'World Literature,'" Sarah Lawall (On Anthologies)

Examination of World Literature Anthologies

Mar. 7: The High School Anthology; High School as Anthology

Examination of High School Text books

High school teachers will report on their experience with various texts in the classroom.

Paper 2 Due: Analysis of Gender or Race or Class or Culture in an anthology

Mar, 14: Other Specialized Anthologies

MALS students will report on anthologies from their own disciplines.

Mar. 21: The Poem and the Book / The Poem vs the Book

"Ideas of Poetic Order and Ordering," Neil Fraistat (handout)
Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth and Coleridge

What happens when a poem is moved from its original collection to an anthology?
Anthologies as narratives.

Mar. 28 SPRING BREAK

Apr. 4: The Role of the Editor / Teacher

"Confessions of an Anthology Editor," Alan D. Schrift (On Anthologies)

Topics for student anthologies are due. Students will report on their plans and approaches.

Apr. 11: Headnotes

"Ideology of Headnotes," Vincent B. Leitch (On Anthologies)
"Headnotes," Barbara Johnson (On Anthologies)
"The Hidden Curriculum," Lauri Finke (On Anthologies)
"Headnotes, Headmasters, and the Pedagogical Imaginary," John McGowan (On Anthologies)

Paper 3 Due: 2 Single page headnotes to items to be included in their anthologies

Apr. 18: The Internet as Anthology: The Problems of Freedom

So, if you can do anything, what do you do?

Apr. 25: Your Own Anthology

Students will report of their progress in creating their own anthologies.
Outlines of anthologies are due.

May 2 LAST DAY

Final Projects are due.

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