Ewrt 1 c with lit crit spring 2014 2
- 1. Week 1 4/7 In Class Section: Literary Theory Homework Class 1 Class Introduction Website Assignments Hybrid Assignments Participation: Groups #1 Establish a Word press username Read: Terry Eagleton’s Introduction: “What is Literature.” This is posted on the website under “Course Readings” and “Secondary Texts.” Post #1: What is literature? How does Eagleton’s explanation reinforce or destabilize your ideas about literature? Class 2 Lecture: Introduction to Literature Discussion: What is Literature? QHQ Read: “Literary Theory”: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (This is linked to the website under “Course Readings” and then “Theory Texts.” Post #2: What is the difference between literary theory and traditional modes of literary criticism? What might literary theory serve to reveal about a literary text that traditional criticism cannot? Which major school of literary theory interests you and why? OR QHQ. Class 3 Lecture: Introduction to Theory of Literature Discussion: Literary Theory Read: Bedford/St. Martin’s “Definition of the New Criticism” and “Definition of Formalism. Post #3: What made New Criticism new? What is the critical focus of New Criticism? Of Formalism? Or QHQ Bring: copies of “My Papa’s Waltz” and “My Papa’s Waltz: A New Critical Approach. Class 4 Lecture: Text-‐Oriented Approaches: Formalism and New Criticism Discussion: Formalism and New Criticism: Group Activity: Participation 10 points “My Papa’s Waltz” and “My Papa’s Waltz: A New Critical Approach. Identify and discuss qualities of New Criticism as it is applied in this essay. Provide specific examples from the essay, the poem, or the definition/description of New Criticism. Review: New Criticism and Formalism Class 5: Online Read: “There is a girl inside” “The Fish” “A Black Rook in Rainy Weather” “Memories of West Street and Lepke” Post #4: List five examples to use in close reading of one poem. Read: T.S Eliot: “Tradition and the Individual Talent” Read: Essay #1 Assignment Post #5: QHQ Eliot Begin notes for essay 1
- 2. Week 2 4/14 Literary Theory/Poetry Class 6 × Discussion: New Criticism and Poetry × TS Eliot and New Criticism × Scanning Poetry × Starting your essay • Scan the poem you are working on for your essay (slides 10-‐13). • Summarize the form: Dominant foot; Number of feet per line; Prevailing meter (dominant foot + number of feet per line); Structure: (kind of stanza); Rhyme scheme (slide 15-‐16) • Determine the poetic techniques (slide 17). • Determine the Significance of the Structure (slide 19) • Summarize the poem via New Criticism (slide 20). Post #6: Your thesis statement: What is your interpretation of this poem? Class 7 Lecture: Writing the essay MLA formatting Finish a complete draft of essay #1: 2-‐3 pages. Bring three copies. Class 8 Essay #1 Peer Review Read: Bedford/St. Martin’s “Definition of Deconstruction” Read: Klages Sturcturalism/Poststructuralism. Post #6: How does the practice of Deconstruction differ from New Criticism and other formalist approaches to literary analysis? Or QHQ Class 9 Lecture: Text-‐Oriented Approaches: Deconstruction Discussion: Deconstruction Activity: Part 10 “My Papa’s Waltz” and Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”: A Deconstructionist Reading. Review: Revise and edit essay #2 Class 10 Online Due: Essay #1: Before noon Read: “My Papa’s Waltz” Roethke Read: “Papa” Roethke Post #7 1. Compare Roethke’s portrait of his father in this story and in “My Papa’s Waltz.” 2. Compare and contrast how Roethke uses the symbol of the waltz to represent his relationship with his father in both story and poem. 3. Explain how “My Papa’s Waltz” Read Feminism Post #9: What is the primary focus of feminist criticism and theory? How do feminist critics and theorists regard the role of women in literature? Read: Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”: A Feminist Reading. Bring: Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy
- 3. could be characterized as a poem that allows Roethke to work out feelings toward his father. Mistress”: A Feminist Reading. Week 3 4/21 Class 11 Lecture: Feminist Theory Group Activity: Part 10 Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”: A Feminist Reading. Identify and discuss qualities of Feminist Criticism as it is applied in this essay. Provide specific examples from the essay, the poem, or the definition/description of Feminist Criticism. Read: Definition of Psychoanalytic Criticism Read: The Uncanny” Sigmund Freud Post # 7: What is the purpose of psychoanalytical criticism? Post #8: What does Freud mean when he refers to the “uncanny?” How is the “uncanny” manifested in literature? Or QHQ Class 12 Lecture: Psychoanalytic Criticism Discussion: “The Uncanny” Read: Bishop’s “The Fish” Read: Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish”: A Psychoanalytic Reading Post #9: Identify and discuss qualities of psychoanalytic criticism as it is applied in this essay. Provide specific examples from the essay, the poem, or the definition/description of Psychoanalytic Criticism. Class 13 Discuss Bishop’s “The Fish” and psychoanalytic criticism. Read Trauma Theory Class 14 Lecture: Trauma Theory Review Theory Class 15 Review for Exam Study for Theory/poetry exam Week 4 4/28 Class 16 Theory/Poetry Exam 1 Read Araby Class 17 How to respond to lit Araby Read The Story of an Hour Class 18 The Story of an Hour “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Class 19 “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Class 20 Read The Metamorphosis Post Week 5 5/5 Short Story Class 21 Discuss The Metamorphosis Read “The Bet” Class 22 Discuss “The Bet” Read The Shawshank Redemption Class 23 Discuss Shawshank Read The Shawshank Redemption Class 24 Discuss Shawshank Class 25 Begin paper two: The Story of an Hour, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, Post: One story with one theoretical lens Read No Exit
- 4. The Metamorphosis, The Shawshank Redemption, or The Bet. Week 6 5/12 Drama Class 26 Lecture composition: Paper #2 Read No exit Paper 2 Class 27 Screening No Exit QHQ Class 28 Screening No Exit QHQ Class 29 Discussion No Exit/Theory Theory Application Class 30 Short Story and Drama Review for test Begin Night Week 7 5/19 Novella Class 31 Exam 2: Short story and Drama Finish Night Class 32 Discussion Night Begin Outer Dark Class 33 Discussion Night/Theory Outer Dark Class 34 Finish Night/ Outer Dark Outer Dark Class 35 Paper 2 due at noon Outer Dark Week 8 5/26 Novel Holiday Class 36 Outer Dark Content Outer Dark Class 37 Outer Dark Themes Read Room Class 38 Outer Dark Theory Read Room Class 39 Read Room Read Room Week 9 Class 40 Room Content Read Room Class 41 Room Themes Finish Room Class 42 Room/Theory Class 43 Approaches to Paper 3 Groups by novel Read Novel from list/ Class decides Class 44 Paper 3 Begin: Night, Room, Outer Dark, or No Exit Read Novel from list Week 10 Class 45 Library Visit: Research Lecture Read Novel from list Class 46 Paper in class writing/discussion Read Novel from list Class 47 Peer Review Read Novel from list Class 48 Individual meetings my office Read Novel from list Class 59 Finish Paper Three Paper 3 Due at noon Read Novel from list Week 11 Class 50 Optional attendance: Exam make-‐up or re-‐take Essay revision of 1 or 2 due electronically Class 51 Novel Choice Discussion/content/ theory Begin Paper 4 Class 52 Library trip Class 53 Novel Choice Writing Workshop
- 5. Class 54 Paper 4 Week 12 Class 55 Individual meetings Class 56 Final Paper 4 due before class Final Exam #3: The Novel 10:30 class Tuesday, 6/24 9:15-‐11:15 11:30 class Wednesday 6/25 11:30-‐ 1:30