 | Due 19 May 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chapter 10 Cultural Poetics (or New
Historicism) and Chapter 11,
Cultural Studies
Fictions
"Vengeful Creditor," by
Chinua
Achebe,
p. 153
Writing
None
|
Chinua Achebe (1930-) |
| Due 14 May 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chapter 9, Marxism
Fictions
"The Sky is Gray," by
Earnest
Gaines,
p.
533
Writing
Response Paper
|
Earnest Gaines (1933-) |
| Due 12 May 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
None
Fictions
"The Destructors," by
Graham
Greene,
p.
607
Writing
Response
Paper
|
Graham Greene (1904-1991) |
| Due 7 May 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
None
Fictions
None
"Sula"
Read
to page 111
Writing
None
|
Toni Morrison (1931-) |
| Due 5 May 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chap 8, Feminism, p. 142
Fictions
None
"Sula,"
by Toni Morrison--read
first
one-third of novel
Writing
None
|
Toni Morrison (1931-) |
| Due 30 Apr 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chap 7, Psychoanalytic
Criticism
Fictions
"A White Heron" by Sarah Orne
Jewett, p.
706
Writing
Write a one and one half page
response paper
|
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), |
| Due 23 Apr 2003 |
Reading
Fictions
"A Woman on a Roof," by
Doris Lessing, p. 804
"The Lottery," by Shirley
Jackson, p. 680
|
Doris Lessing (1919-)
Shirley Jackson (1919-1965)
|
| Due 21 Apr 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chap 6. Deconstruction
Fictions
"Wild Swans," by Alice
Munro,
p. 927
Writing
First
Essay
|
Alice Munro (1931-) |
| Due 16 Apr 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
None.
Fictions
"Revelation," by
Flannery
O'Connor, p. 979
"A Cask of Amontillado," by
Edgar Allen Poe, p.
554
Writing
Write a one and one half page
response paper applying structuralism (Bressler, chap 5) on one of today's
stories.
|
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
|
| Due 14 Apr 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chap 5, p. 75, Structuralism
Fictions
"Phantom Palace," by
Isabel
Allende, p. 174
"A Very Old Man with
Enormous Wings," by
Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
p.
554
Writing
Write a one and one half page
response paper.
|
Isabel Allande (1942-)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928-)
|
| Due 9 Apr 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
None!
Fictions
"Roman Fever," by Edith
Wharton,
p.
1187
"The Jilting of Granny
Weatherall,"
by
Katherine Anne Porter
p.
1017
Writing
Write a one and one half page
response paper.
|
Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980)
|
| Due 7 April 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chap 4, p. 55, Reader-Response
Criticism
Get started on Chap 5, p. 75,
Structuralism
Fictions
"A Worn Path," by
Eudora Welty,
p. 1174
"Everyday Use," by Alice
Walker,
p. 1151
Writing
Write a one and one half page
response paper.
|
Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
Alice Walker (1944-)
|
|
| Due 2 April 2003 |
Reading
Bressler
Chap 1, pgs 1-15, Defining
Criticism,
Theory and Literature
Chap 2, pgs 16-21 and pgs 34-35,
A
Historical Survey of Literary
Criticism
Chap 3, pgs 37-49, New Criticism
Fictions
"The Lesson" by Toni Cade
Bambara, p. 238
Writing
Write a response paper, about 1 and one half pages
long, as either a response to the Bressler reading, or as an application of
Bressler to "The Lesson."
|
Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) |
