This calendar is dynamic: it will be updated during the course of the term if necessary. If you have any question about what is due for a specific day, check here: even if I make a mistake and say differently in class, this calendar is always right. Here is the University's overall calendar. RW signifies Hacker, Rules for Writers.
Jan. 13
Introduction: On "literature," stories, and the life of the imagination.
To Read: Proverbs and folktales (handouts); Bettleheim, "The Struggle for Meaning"; Achebe, "The Truth of Fiction" (handout)
To Write:
To Read: Proverbs and folktales (handouts); Bettleheim, "The Struggle for Meaning"; Achebe, "The Truth of Fiction" (handout)
To Write:
Jan. 15
To Read: Achebe, "The Truth of Fiction" (handout)
To Write: Response #1 due
To Write: Response #1 due
Jan. 20
To Read: Achebe, "Akueke" and "Chike's School Days" (handouts)
To Write:
To Write:
Jan. 22
To Read: MLA style, part 1. RW 70-72, 463-76. Here is the 
Worksheet for today.
To Write: Response #2 due
Worksheet for today.To Write: Response #2 due
Jan. 27
To Read: Achebe, Things Fall Apart 1-86
To Write: MLA Worksheet no. 1 is due.
To Write: MLA Worksheet no. 1 is due.
Jan. 29
To Read: Achebe, Things Fall Apart 87-168
To Write:
Response #3 (group work) due
To Write:
Response #3 (group work) dueFeb. 3
Class cancelled due to illness.
Feb. 5
To Read: Achebe, Things Fall Apart 170-end; quiz #1; To Write:
Monday, Feb. 9
Film viewing: Il Postino will be shown at 7:00 tonight in BSB Auditorium. You do not have to attend, but you must have seen the film by tomorrow, Tuesday the 10th.
Feb. 10
To Read: MLA style day, part 2. RW 405-10, and 411-26, on incorporating sources, plagiarism, and documenting sources, for which you'll use RW 426-66. Here is the Worksheet for today.
To Write:
MLA style day, part 2. RW 405-10, and 411-26, on incorporating sources, plagiarism, and documenting sources, for which you'll use RW 426-66. Here is the Worksheet for today. To Write:
Feb. 12
To Read: Il Postino; quiz #2
To Write:MLA Worksheet no. 2 is due.
Il Postino; quiz #2To Write:
MLA Worksheet no. 2 is due.Feb. 17
Feb. 19
To Read: poems (handout)
To Write: Response #4 due
To Write: Response #4 due
Feb. 24
To Read: poems (handout)
To Write:
To Write:
Feb. 26
To Read: poems (handout)
To Write: Response #5 due
To Write: Response #5 due
Feb.28
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Mar. 8
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Mar. 8
No Class
Spring Break
Spring Break
Mar. 10
To Read: Cinderella Stories (handout)
To Write:
Cinderella Stories (handout)To Write:
Mar. 12
To Read: Cisneros, House on Mango Street 1-55
To Write:
Cisneros, House on Mango Street 1-55To Write:
Mar. 17
To Read: Cisneros, House on Mango Street 55-110; quiz #3
To Write:
Cisneros, House on Mango Street 55-110; quiz #3To Write:
Mar. 19
Mar. 24
To Read: O'Brien, The Things They Carried, 1-97 (to the end of "The Dentist")
To Write: Response #6 due
O'Brien, The Things They Carried, 1-97 (to the end of "The Dentist") To Write: Response #6 due
Mar. 26
To Read: class cancelled due to illness.
To Write:
To Write:
Monday, Mar. 30
Monday, March 30th is the last day you can W.
I have no problem with letting anyone do so at any time.
I have no problem with letting anyone do so at any time.
Mar. 31
To Read: O'Brien, The Things They Carried, 98-182 (to the end of "Notes")
To Write:
O'Brien, The Things They Carried, 98-182 (to the end of "Notes")To Write:
Apr. 2
To Read: O'Brien, The Things They Carried, 185-273; quiz #4
To Write: Response #7 due
O'Brien, The Things They Carried, 185-273; quiz #4To Write: Response #7 due
Apr. 7
Apr. 9
To Read: Coetzee, Disgrace 1-74
To Write:
To Write:
Apr. 14
To Read: Coetzee, Disgrace 75-150
To Write:
To Write:
Apr. 16
To Read: Coetzee, Disgrace 151-220; quiz #5
To Write: Response #8 due
To Write: Response #8 due
Apr. 21
To Read:
To Write: Today is the absolute deadline for any extra credit responses.
To Write: Today is the absolute deadline for any extra credit responses.
Apr. 23
Exam
Week
Week
There is no Final Exam in this course.