March 23 |
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Course Introduction; Reading Imaginative Literature (1-6). |
| 25 |
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Reading Fiction (9-13, 19-24). |
| 30 |
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A Comparison of Two Stories; Van Der Zee: From A Secret Sorrow & Godwin: "A Sorrowful Woman" (24-37). |
| April 1 |
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Critical Strategies for Reading (2021-35). |
| 6 |
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Critical Strategies for Reading (2035-47). |
| 13 |
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Plot (60-69); Burroughs: From Tarzan of the Apes (62-65). |
| 15 |
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Faulkner: "A Rose for Emily" (72-79). |
| 20 |
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Dubus: "Killings" (81-93). |
| 22 |
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Character (97-102); Rooke: "Sweethearts" (141-42). |
| 27 |
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Mukherjee: "The Tenant" (102-112). |
| 29 |
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Point of View (174-79); O'Brien: "How to Tell a True Story" (555-64). |
| May 4 |
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Coover: "The Brother" & The Bible: "The Flood". |
| 6 |
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Bambara: "The Lesson" (179-85). |
| 11 |
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Taking Essay Examinations (2118-22). |
| 13 |
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Setting; Hemingway: "Soldier's Home" (143-61). |
| 18 |
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Weldon: "IND AFF" (153-58). |
| 20 |
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Jhabvala: "The Englishwoman" (160-68). |
| 25 |
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Midterm Exam |
| 27 |
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Symbolism; Cisneros: "Barbie-Q" (215-33). |
| June 1 |
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Ellison: "Battle Royal" (223-33). |
| 3 |
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Theme; Atwood: "There Was Once" (243-46). |
| 8 |
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Mansfield: "Miss Brill" (258-62). |
| 15 |
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Gilb: "Love in L.A." (265-67). |
| 17 |
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Style, Tone, and Irony (268-72); Carver: "Popular Mechanics" (272-75). |
| 22 |
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Boyle: "Carnal Knowledge" (275-90). |
| 24 |
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Minot: "Lust" (290-97). |
| 29 |
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Thurber: "The Catbird Seat". |
| July 1 |
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Oates: "The Night Nurse" (653-64). |
| 6 |
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Final Exam |
