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Syllabus

Week One

Tues., Jan. 20

Thurs., Jan 22

    Due: Canon Assignment
    Read: Robinson, Lillian. “Treason Our Text: Feminist Challenges to the Literary Canon” (packet)and Selections from Virginia Woolf"A Room of One’s Own" (packet)

Week Two

Tues., Jan. 27

Thurs., Jan. 29

    Discuss “The Yellow Wallpaper”
    Discuss MLA citation and using quotations
    Read: “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (packet)

Week Three

Tues., Feb. 3

    Due: First Close Reading Assignment
    Discuss Sylvia Townsend Warner, “Women as Writers”
    Read:“Women as Writers” (packet)
    Read OED Assignment

Thurs., Feb. 5

Week Four

Tues., Feb. 10

    Discuss Lolly
    Read: Lolly Part 2

Thurs., Feb. 12

Week Five

Tues., Feb. 17

    Due: Critical Essay Assignment
    Wrap up Lolly
    In-class close reading exercise

Thurs., Feb. 19

Week Six

Tues., Feb. 24

    Introduce Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
    Read: Mrs. Dalloway p. 1-64

Thurs., Feb. 26

    Discuss Mrs. Dalloway
    Read: Mrs. Dalloway p.65-102

Week Seven

Tues., Mar. 3

    Discuss Mrs. Dalloway
    Read: Mrs. Dalloway p.102-194

Thurs., Mar. 5
TBA

Week Eight

Tues., Mar. 10

    Due: First Draft of 3-4 page paper
    In-class revision workshop.
    Paper Conferences

Thurs., Mar. 12

Week Nine

Tues., Mar. 17 SPRING BREAK

Thurs., Mar. 19 SPRING BREAK

Week Ten

Tues., Mar. 24

    Discuss Alice Walker, “In Search of our Mother’s Gardens”
    Introduce Passing by Nella Larsen
    Read: “In Search of our Mother’s Gardens” (packet) and Passing: Part 1 p.5-35

Thurs., Mar. 26

    Discuss Passing
    Read: Passing Part II-III p.35-82

Week Eleven

Tues., Mar. 31

    Group 1
    Read:Reviews p. 83-102
    THOMPSON; JESSICA DAWN
    BURTON; CALEY SCHAE
    THURMOND; MARGARET ANN

    Group 2
    Read:"Contemporary Coverage of Passing and Race" p. 105-126
    DEMPSTER; CLAIRE E.
    KING; KALYN ANN
    FORD; PATRICIA LORRAINE

Thurs., Apr. 2

    Group 3
    Read: “The Quadroons” p. 171-179 and selection in "Tragic.Mulatto.doc"
    TAUSCH; STEPHANIE LYNN
    BLANCO; ANTHONY RYAN
    WILLIAMSON; ELIZABETH L

    Group 4
    Read:“The Trope of the New Negro and the Reconstruction of the Image of the Black” (packet)
    KULKARNI; HERSCHEL S.
    STAYART; KELSI MARIE
    DAY; AUBREY LYNN

Week Twelve

Tues., Apr. 7

    Group 5
    Read:“’Mothers of Tomorrow”: The New Negro Renaissance and the Politics of Maternal Representation” (packet)
    KONIG; TRACY NICOLE
    GOMEZ; CYNTHIA RENEE
    ANDERSON; MIRIAM RUTH

Thurs., Apr. 9

    Discuss “One Boy’s Story” and allusions
    Read: “One Boy’s Story” by Marita Bonner (packet)

Week Thirteen

Tues., Apr. 14

Thurs., Apr. 16

    Discuss Bluest Eye
    Read: “Winter” pp. 59-93

Week Fourteen

Tues., Apr. 21

    Discuss The Bluest Eye
    Read: “Spring” and “Summer” pp. 97-206

Thurs., April 23

    Due: Topic Proposal
    Discuss “Woman Hollering Creek”
    Read: “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros

Week Fifteen

Tues., Apr. 28

    Discuss “Women Hollering Creek and and La Llorona
    Read La Lorona selection (packet)

Thurs., Apr. 30

    Due:Annotated Bibliography

Week Sixteen

Tues., May 5

    Due:First Draft of Final Paper
    Peer Review or In-class revision workshop.
    Paper conferences

Thurs., May 7

    Class Wrap Up

FINAL PAPER DUE Friday May 8th at 12:00pm