Introduction 2/26-3/3 Vision vs. Reality1. Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle" 2/26-3/3 2. Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 3/5-3/10 (meeting) 3. John Cheever, "The Swimmer" 3/12-3/17 4. Raymond Carver, "Cathedral" 3/19-3/24 (meeting)
Nature vs. Civilization5. Jack London, "To Build a Fire" 3/26-3/31 (begin Spring Break) 6. Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron" 4/2-4/7 (Easter weekend) 7. Stephen Crane, "The Open Boat" 4/9-4/14 (no class 4/13) 8. Ernest Hemingway, "Big Two-Hearted River" 4/16-4/21 (meeting)
9. Midterm Exam 4/23-4/28
Doubles10. Edgar Allan Poe, "William Wilson. A Tale" 4/30-5/5 Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" 4/30-5/5 (meeting) 11. Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" 5/7-5/12 12. Toni Morrison, "Recitatif" 5/14-5/19
Family Conflicts13. Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Rappaccini's Daughter" 5/21-5/26 (meeting) 14. Willa Cather, "Neighbour Rosicky" 5/28-6/2 15. William Faulkner, "Barn Burning" 6/4-6/9 (meeting) 16. John Updike, "Separating" 6/11-6/16 17. Final Exam 6/18-6/22
***Note*** Class meetings will take place on the following Saturday afternoons (1:40-4:30 p.m.): March 10 March 24 April 21 May 5 May 26 June 9
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