Course: English 102--Introduction to Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: NEA 273
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9-9:30 a.m.
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: NEA 273
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9-9:30 a.m.
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Feb. 6-11 INTRODUCTION What is "Literature"? Interpreting and Evaluating Literature Writing About Literature FICTION Plot Character Go to Lecture 1 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: Valenzuela, "All About Suicide" Rios, "The Secret Lion," 453 Baxter, "Gryphon," 142 |
| Week 2 Feb. 13-18 FICTION Understanding Fiction Setting Point of View Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: Faulkner, "A Rose For Emily," 115 Chopin, "The Storm," 164 Alexie, "This is What it Means to Say..." 170 Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," 415 Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart," 450 |
| WEEK 3 Feb. 20-25 FICTION Style, Tone, Language Symbol and Allegory Go to Discussion Questions 3 Go to Lecture 3 |
Reading: Marquez, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," 410 Hemingway, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," 263 O'Brien, "The Things They Carried," 277 |
| WEEK 4 Mar. Feb.27-Mar. 3 FICTION
Theme Synthesis Go to Discussion Questions 4 Go to Lecture 4 |
Reading: "Accident," 88 "55 Miles to the Gas Pump," 97 "Kansas," 109 "I Stand Here Ironing," 180 |
| WEEK 5 Mar. 5-10 POETRY Understanding Poetry Reading Poetry Writing About Poetry Themes in Poetry Voice No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 5 
Paper 1 due |
Reading: Marianne Moore, "Poetry," 468 Reading: Giovanni, "Poetry," 469 O'Hara, "Why I Am Not a Painter" (see Lecture 5) cummings, "l/a," 477 Carver, "Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year," 650 Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz," 647 Yamada, "The Night Before Goodbye," 650 Coleman, "Dear Mama" Hayden, "Those Winter Sundays," 647 Heaney, "Digging," 649 Dickinson, "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" 480 Gluck, "Gretel in Darkness," 481 Mirikitani, "Suicide Note," 488 Dorfman, "Hope," 502 Sexton, "Cinderella" Randall, "Ballad of Birmingham," 506 |
| WEEK 6 Mar. 12-17 POETRY
Word Choice, Word Order Imagery Figures of Speech Symbols, Allegory, Allusion, Myth Go to Discussion Questions 5 Go to Lecture 6 |
Reading: Sepamla, "Words, Words, Words," 509 Rich, "Living in Sin," 515 Sagel, "Baca Grande," 520 Brooks, "We Real Cool," 525 Brooke, "The Soldier," 663 Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est," 664 Williams, "Red Wheelbarrow," 535 Pound, "In a Station of the Metro," 536 Hughes, "Harlem," 544 Plath, "Daddy," 554 Atwood, "You Fit Into Me," 563 Ginsberg, "A Supermarket in California," 569 Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," 691 Yeats, "The Second Coming," 734 |
| WEEK 7 Mar. 19-24 POETRY Sound Form Go to Discussion Questions 6 Go to Lecture 7 |
Reading: pp. 572-619 (Chapters 19 on Sound and 20 on Form) (read all text and poems) |
| WEEK 8 Mar. 26-31 DRAMA Understanding Drama Reading Drama Writing About Drama Plot No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 8 Paper 2 (Research Paper) due |
Reading: Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| ************ SPRING BREAK April 2-7 ************* | |
| WEEK 9 Apr. 9-14 DRAMA Character Go to Discussion Questions 7 Go to Lecture 9 |
Reading: Auburn, Proof |
| WEEK 10 Apr. 16-21 DRAMA Staging Go to Discussion Questions 8 Go to Lecture 10 |
Reading: Strindberg, The Stronger, 867 Ives, Words, Words, Words, 1067 |
| WEEK 11 Apr. 23-28 DRAMA Theme Go to Discussion Questions 9 Go to Lecture 11 | Reading: Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| WEEK 12 Apr. 30-May 5 NOVEL Understanding the Novel Novel vs. Short Story No new Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 12 Paper 3 due |
Reading: Baxter, The Feast of Love |
| WEEK 13 May 7-12 NOVEL Understanding the Novel Novel vs. Short Story Go to Discussion Questions 10 No new Lecture this week | Reading: Baxter, The Feast of Love |
| WEEK 14 May 14-19 NOVEL Plot Point of View Style Go to Discussion Questions 11 No new Lecture this week | Reading: Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees |
| WEEK 15 May 21-26 CATCH YOUR BREATH WEEK | No new reading assignment due |
| WEEK 16 FINAL EXAM | Exam due Tuesday, May 29th, by midnight. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |