English 23, Section 4, Spring 2005
Syllabus

January
12
W
Course overview and introductory lecture

14
F
Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" - anthology 875

17
M
No class - Martin Luther King Day

19
W Amy Tan, "Rules of the Game" - anthology 809

21
F Roddy Doyle, The Snapper pages 141-243

24
M Roddy Doyle, The Snapper (finish novel)

26
W The Snapper

28
F The Snapper

31
M William Faulker, "Barn Burning" and "The Bear" - anthology 230, 243
February
2
W Alice Munro, "Royal Beatings" - anthology 642

4
F Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice though page 103

7
M Pride and Prejudice through page 199

9
W Pride and Prejudice (finish novel)

11
F Pride and Prejudice

14
M A. S. Byatt, Possession through page 172 (chapters 1-9)

16
W Possession through page 323 (chapters 10-16)

18
F Paper #1 due by noon. Possession (finish novel)

21
M Possession

23
W Graham Swift, Last Orders through page 106

25
F Last Orders through page 202

28
M Last Orders (finish novel)
March
2
W Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness" - anthology 109

4
F Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness"

7
M Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness" and review for midterm.

9
W Midterm Examination.

11
F Virginia Woolf, "Kew Gardens" - anthology 917

21
M Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery" - anthology 406

23
W Paper #2 due by noon. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" - anthology 359

25
F No class - University holiday.

28
M Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (first 100 pages)

30
W Mrs. Dalloway (finish novel)
April
1
F Mrs. Dalloway

4
M Doris Lessing, "To Room Nineteen" - anthology 525

6
W Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" - anthology 106

8
F Guy de Maupassant, "Boule de Suif" - anthology 570

11
M Nadine Gordimer, "A Soldier's Embrace" - anthology 372

13
W James Joyce, "Araby" - anthology 427

15
F No class. Work on paper on your own.

18
M Paper #3 due by noon. John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat through page 81. 

20
W Tortilla Flat (finish novel)

22
F Tortilla Flat

25
M Frank O'Connor, "Guests of the Nation" - anthology 702

27
W
Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried" - anthology 676

29
F
Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl" - anthology 505, and review for final exam.

Final Exam: 12:00 Noon, Monday, May 2