Ewrt 1 c with lit crit spring 2014 3

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
to
New
Historicism
and
Cultural

Materialism
(p
5).
(This
is
linked
to
the
website

under

“Course
Readings”
and
then
“Theory
Texts.”

Post
#2:
Choose
one

• 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?

• QHQ
on
“Literary
Theory.”

Class
3
Lecture:
Introduction
to
Theory

of
Literature
(part
1).

Discussion:
Literary
Theory

• Read:
“Literary
Theory”:
Internet
Encyclopedia

of
Philosophy:
New
Historicism
and
Cultural

Materialism
to
the
end.
(This
is
linked
to
the

website
under

“Course
Readings”
and
then

“Theory
Texts.”

• Post
#3:
Choose
one

• QHQ
on
one
theory.

Class
4
Lecture:
Introduction
to
Theory

of
Literature
(part
2).

Discussion:
Literary
Theory

• Review
the
reading
and
theories
we
have

covered
this
week.

Class
5:

Online

• Text
Oriented
approaches

• Read
“Formalism”

and
“New
Criticism”

(under
“course

readings”
and

“theory
texts.)

• Poetry
Reading:
“My
Papa’s

Waltz”

• Critical
Essay
Reading:
“‘My

Papa’s
Waltz’:
A
New

Critical
Reading.”

• Post
#4:
Choose
one

• 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”
to
class.

Week
2
• Literary
Theory/Poetry

4/14

Class
6
• Lecture:
Text-‐Oriented

Approaches:
Formalism/New

Criticism
Discussion:

Formalism/New
Criticism

• QHQ

• 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
they
are

(or
are
not)
applied
in
this

essay.

Provide
specific

examples
from
the
essay,
the

poem,
or
the

definition/description
of
New

Criticism.

Suggested
reading:
T.S
Eliot:
“Tradition
and
the

Individual
Talent”

Post
#5:
QHQ
on
Eliot

Class
7
• TS
Eliot
and
New

Criticism

• Scanning
Poetry

Read:

• “There
Is
a
Girl
Inside”

• “The
Fish”

• “A
Black
Rook
in
Rainy
Weather”

• “Memories
of
West
Street
and
Lepke”

Scan
one
poem
like
we
did
in
class
today

Post
#6:
summarize
the
form
(slide
17).

Class
8

• Review

• Using
rhetorical

strategies

• Applying
the
new
critical

lens
to
analyze
“My

Papa’s
Waltz”

• Choose
one
of
these
poems
to
begin
to
analyze.

You
may
use
the
one
you
scanned,,
or
you
may

choose
a
different
one.

• “There
Is
a
Girl
Inside”

• “The
Fish”

• “A
Black
Rook
in
Rainy
Weather”

• “Memories
of
West
Street
and
Lepke”

• Post
#7:
Find
multiple
examples
of
poetic

conventions

• Bring
your
notes
to
class
tomorrow

Class
9
• Essay
#1

• Poetry
Reading

o “There
Is
a
Girl
Inside”

o “The
Fish”

o “A
Black
Rook
in
Rainy

Weather”

o “Memories
of
West
Street

and
Lepke”

• Close
reading
Application

No
Homework

Class
10

Online

¨ Analyze
your
poem

¨ Write
your
thesis

¨ Outline/Draft
Essay
#1

¨ Post
#8

n Title
of
your
essay

n Your
thesis
statement

n A
general
outline

¨ Bring
your
outline
to
class
Monday

Week
3

4/21

New
Criticism;
Paper
#1

Class
11

Thesis
Statement

Introductions

The
Argument

Conclusions

Draft
your
essay

Bring
a
copy
to
class
tomorrow

Class
12
In-‐class
writing
workshop

Bring
your
draft
and
device
or

pen
and
paper

Draft
your
essay

Bring
a
copy
to
class
tomorrow

Class
13
Integrating
quotations

In
text
citations

The
works
cited
page

MLA
formatting

Finish
a
complete
draft
of
essay
#1:
2-‐3
pages.
Bring

two
copies.

You
must
have
two
copies
to
participate
in
the

Peer
Review
Workshop.

Post
#9:
The
introduction
and
one
body
paragraph

of
essay
#1

Class
14
Essay
#1
Peer
Review

No
Homework

Class
15

Online

Review:
Revise
and
edit
essay

#1

Essay
#1:
Due
before
class
17

Read:
Definition
of
Feminist

Criticism

Read
Tyson’s
Chapter
on

Feminist
Criticism
(Course

Readings;
Theory
Texts;
Lois

Tyson).

Post
#10:
What
is
the
primary
focus
of
feminist

criticism
and
theory?
How
do
feminist
critics
and

theorists
regard
the
role
of
women
in
literature?

OR
QHQ
Feminist
Criticism

Due:
Essay
#1:
Before
class
17

Week
4

4/28

Poetry
and
Theory

Class
16
Questions
about
essay
#1

Literary
Theory:
The
Extrinsic

Lens

Feminist
Criticism

Read:
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”
and

“‘To
His
Coy
Mistress’:
A
Feminist
Reading.”

Post
#
11:
QHQ:
“To
His
Coy
Mistress,”
or
“‘To
His

Coy
Mistress’:
A
Feminist
Reading.”

Bring:
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”
and

“To
His
Coy
Mistress”:
A
Feminist
Reading.

Due:
Essay
#1:
Before
class
17

Class
17

Discussion
Feminist
Criticism

“To
His
Coy
Mistress”

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

of
Feminist

Criticism.

Read:
Definition
of
Psychoanalytic
Criticism

Read:
Lois
Tyson
“Psychoanalytic
Criticism”

Post
#12:

What
is
the
purpose
of
psychoanalytical

criticism?
OR
QHQ

Class
18

Review
Feminist
Criticism

Lecture/Discussion:

Psychoanalytic
Criticism

Read:
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”

Read:
Elizabeth
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”:
A

Psychoanalytic
Reading

Post
#13:
Identify
and
discuss
qualities
of

psychoanalytic
criticism
as
it
is
applied
in
this
essay.

Provide
specific
examples
from
the
essay,
the
poem,

or
the
of
Psychoanalytic

Criticism.

Class
19

Discuss

Group
Activity:
Part
10

Bishop’s
“The
Fish”
and
Elizabeth

Bishop’s
“The
Fish”:
A

Psychoanalytic
Reading.

Identify
and
discuss
qualities
of

psychoanalytic
criticism
as
it
is

applied
in
this
essay.

Provide

specific
examples
from
the
essay,

the
poem,
or
the

of

Psychoanalytic
Criticism.

No
Homework

Class
20

Online

Review
for
Exam
Study
for
Theory/poetry
exam

Week
5

5/5

The
Short
Story/Novela

Class
21
Theory/Poetry
Exam
1

Read
Araby

Post
#14:
Choose
one

— Identify
and
discuss
one
or
more
of
the

numerous
religious
symbols
in
the
story.

— The
narrator
of
"Araby"
moves
from
innocence

to
experience
through
his
epiphany.
What
has

he
learned
by
the
end
of
the
story?

— Write
a
short
psychological
profile
of
the

narrator
based
on
a
passage
from
the
story.

— QHQ
“Araby”

Class
22
“Araby”

James
Joyce

Historical
Context

Literary
Style

Discussion

Read
The
Story
of
an
Hour

Post
#15

• Discuss
Mrs.
Mallard
as
a
sympathetic

character
or
as
a
cruel
and
selfish

character.
How
might
your
own
gender,

age,
class
or
ethnicity
influence
your

response?

• Do
you
think
Chopin's
critique
of
the

institution
of
marriage,
as
expressed
by

Louise,
is
applicable
today?

• Profile
a
character

• Discuss
the
story
through
one
critical
lens

• QHQ

Class
23
“The
Story
of
an
Hour”

Kate
Chopin

Historical
Context

Literary
Style

Discussion

“A
Very
Old
Man
with
Enormous
Wings”

Post
#16

• Speculate
on
the
identity
of
the
“old
man.”

• How
does
the
manner
in
which
Garcia
Marquez

treats
the
traditional
idea
of
angels
in
"A
Very

Old
Man
with
Enormous
Wings"
compare
with

the
way
angels
are
represented
or
interpreted

elsewhere,
in
some
other
work
or
media?

• Speculate
on
how
you
might
apply
an
extrinsic

critical
lens
to
this
story.
Use
textual
evidence

to
support
your
argument.

• Discuss
trauma
in
the
story.
Who
suffers
it?

How
and
why?

• QHQ

Class
24
“A
Very
Old
Man
with
Enormous

Wings”

Gabriel
García
Márquez

Historical
Context

Literary
Style

Discussion

No
homework

Class
25

Online

Read
“Shawshank
Redemption”

Post
#17

Post
#18

¨ Post
#17

¤ Discuss
trauma
as
it
applies
to
any
one
character

in
“Rita
Hayworth
and
the
Shawshank

Redemption.”
Use
textual
support
to
make
a

case
that
the
traumatic
incident
has
long
term

ramifications.

¤ Using
a
psychoanalytic
lens,
do
a
character

profile
of
any
one
character
in
“Rita
Hayworth

and
the
Shawshank
Redemption.”

¨ Post
#18

¤ QHQ:
“Rita
Hayworth
and
Shawshank

Redemption.”

Week
6

5/12

The
Short
Story/
Paper
#2

Class
26
Discuss
“Shawshank

Redemption”

Stephen
King

Historical
Context

Literary
Style

Discussion

Read
“The
Metamorphosis”

Chapter
1

Post
#19:
Choose
1

• Discuss
the
details
Kafka
uses
to
establish

Gregor’s
life
before
his
metamorphosis
into
an

insect.
How
do
these
familiar
details
and
objects

define
Gregor’s
character
and
life?

• The
relationship
between
Gregor
and
his
father
is

at
the
core
of
the
story.
Describe
this
relationship

both
before
and
after
Gregor’s
metamorphosis.

• Much
of
this
part
of
the
story,
focuses
on
Gregor’s

inner
life.
Describe
Gregor’s
private
thoughts
and

emotions;
use
psychoanalytic
theory
to
discuss
his

attitudes
toward
his
family
and
outside
world.

Class
27
Discuss
The
Metamorphosis

Franz
Kafka

Historical
Context

Literary
Style

Discussion

Read
The
Metamorphosis
Chapter
2

Post
#20:
Choose
1

• Grete’s
character
undergoes
a
dramatic
change
in

this
section.
Trace
the
changes
that
highlight
the

changes
in
her
attitude,
character,
and
personality.

Can
feminist
theory
help
explain
her
behavior?

• Gregor
refuses
to
part
with
the
picture
of
the

woman
wrapped
in
furs
on
the
wall.
Why
is
it

important?
Explain
its
symbolic
meaning.

• In
this
section
of
the
story,
Gregor’s
sense
of
guilt

is
highlighted.

Use
Psychoanalytic
theory
to

explain
Gregor’s
guilt.
Consider
how
his
lingering

guilt
affects
his
state
of
mind
and
his
feelings

toward
his
family.

Class
28
Discuss
The
Metamorphosis

Read
The
Metamorphosis
Chapter
3

Post
#21:
Choose
1

• Discuss
the
three
bearded
lodgers.
What
is
their

purpose
in
the
story?

• It
is
clear
from
the
outset
of
Part
3
that
Gregor
is

dying.
How
much
of
his
physical
decline
is
his
own

doing,
and
how
much
of
it
is
caused
by
outside

factors?

• Contrast
Gregor’s
state
of
mind
at
the
beginning
of

this
section
to
right
before
his
death.
What

incidents
or
events
cause
a
change
in
Gregor’s

attitude
and
thinking?
Are
Gregor’s
thoughts

rational
and
clear,
or
are
they
blurred
and

irrational?

Class
29
Discuss
The
Metamorphosis
No
Homework

Class
30

Online

Introduction
to
Essay
#2

Read
papers
on
Araby:
Crane

and
Ratinov

Look
under
“Essay
Prompts”
and

“Essay
2.”

Post
#22:
Choose
one

• Examine the way Crane’s thesis includes a
forecasting statement and how the forecast is fulfilled.
Then identify her topic sentences and key terms. Do
they effectively link her supporting paragraphs to her
thesis statement?
• Examine Crane’s paragraph five in her essay. Explain
her strategy in the organization of the paragraph. Is it
effective?
• Look at Crane’s paragraphs 6-8. What is her goal? Is
she successful? How and why?
• Compare essays to argue which is stronger. Consider
introductions, theses statements, support, analysis,
and the conclusion.

Week

7

5/19

Short
Story
/
Novella
Essay
#2

Class
31
How
to
respond
to
literature

Discussion:
Araby
Essays

Post
#23:
Post
two
ideas
you
have
for
essay
#2.

Class
32
Introduction
to
Essay
#2

How
to
respond
to
literature

Discussion:
Essay
#2

Basic
Features

Post
#24:
Introduction
and
Thesis
Statement

Class
33
Introduction
to
Essay
#2

How
to
respond
to
literature

Discussion:
Essay
#2

Outlining

Draft
Paper
#2

Post
#25:
Outline
of
essay
#2

Class
34
Review
for
Exam
#2

No
Homework

Class
35

Online

Draft
Paper
#2

Post
#26:

your
best
body
paragraph
and
your

conclusion

Study
for
exam
#2

Week
8

5/26

Holiday

Monday

NO
MEETING
HOLIDAY

Class
36
Exam
2:
Short
story/novella

Bring:
Two
complete
copies
of
your
draft
4-‐6
pages

Class
37
Writing
Workshop
Paper
2

Essay
#2

Read
Trauma
Theory

Class
38
Discuss
Trauma
Theory

No
Homework

Class
39

Online

Paper
2
due
at
noon

Read
Night:
All

Week
9
The
Novel/
Paper
#3

Class
40
Discussion
Night

Content/Themes

Begin
Outer
Dark

Class
41
Night

Theoretical
approaches

Finish
Outer
Dark

Class
42
Outer
Dark
Content
/Themes

Really
Finish
Outer
Dark

Class
43
Outer
Dark
/Theory

No
Homework

Class
44
Read
Room

Read
Room

Week

10

Paper
#3

Class
45
Library
Visit:
Research
Lecture

Room

Class
46
Room/Content/Themes

Room

Class
47
Room/Theory
Room

Class
48
Room

Introduction
to
Paper
#3

No
Homework

Class
59
Paper
3
Begin:
Night,
Room,

Outer
Dark

Write
paper
3

Week
11
Paper
#3

Class
50
Library
Research
trip

Write
paper
3

Class
51
Writing
essay
#3

Homework
Evaluations

Essay
#3

Class
52
Individual
meetings
my
office

Write
Essay
#3

Class
53
Individual
meetings
my
office

No
Homework

Class
54

Online

Homework
evaluations
Due

Essay
#3

Week
12

Class
55
Optional
attendance:

Exam
make-‐up
or
re-‐take

Essay
revision
of
1
or
2
due

electronically

Finish
Paper
#3

Class
56

Final

Paper
3
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

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