Dr. Yoder
English 3330.02     Approaches to Literature     Spring 2009

Week 1 (Jan. 14)
Intro / Syllabus
Everything You Want to Know about Being an English Major
The English Major at UALR

Week 2 (Jan. 21)
William Faulkner: "A Rose for Emily" and Casebook readings (pp. 465-506)

Week 3 (Jan. 28)
Raymond Carver: "Cathedral"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Salman Rushdie: "The Prophet's Hair"

Week 4 (Feb. 4)
Poetry: Scavenger Hunt (See assignment here.)
----> Paper 1 Due (Writing ssignments are here.)

Week 5 (Feb. 11)
Poetry: Scavenger Hunt continued (See assignment here.)

Week 6 (Feb. 18)
William Blake: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
For lots more on the Songs see the Blake Archive and follow the links.

Week 7 (Feb. 25)
William Blake: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (continued)
----> Paper 2 Due (Writing assignments are here).

Week 8 (Mar. 4)
Novel

Week 9 (Mar. 11)
Novel

Week 10 (Mar. 18)
Research: Finding Stuff You Want
How to Choose and Focus a Topic: Intro to Lit pp. 1130-1186
Documentation Format: Get It Right

Mar. 25: SPRING BREAK

Week 11 (Apr. 1)
Literary History
Essay Writing: Thesis, Structure, Evidence
Critiquing Sample Essays
----> Bibliographic Essay Due (Writing assignments are here)

Week 12 (Apr. 8)
Rough Draft Workshop

Week 13 (Apr. 15)
Literary History and the Canon
----> Rough Drafts Due (Writing assignments are here.)

Week 14 (April 22)
Revision Strategies
More Revision Strategies

Week 15 (Apr. 29)
Finishing Touches
LAST DAY OF CLASS

---> FINAL PAPERS DUE MONDAY MAY 4, BY 12 NOON (Writing assignments are here.)

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