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Advanced Reading: American Short Stories  

:::: Spring 2007 ::::

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=== Schedule ===

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Introduction   2/26-3/3

Vision vs. Reality

1. 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. Civilization

5.          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

 

Doubles

10. 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 Conflicts

13. 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

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***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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